get down to

英 [ɡet daʊn tu]

美 [ɡet daʊn tu]

开始干，着手做（尤指非常花费精力之事）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 开始干，着手做（尤指需花费精力之事）
  If youget down tosomething, especially something that requires a lot of attention, you begin doing it.
  1. With the election out of the way, the government can get down to business.
     选举结束，政府可以着手干起来了。

双语例句

• And I have to get down to my business now.
  我现在得赶紧复习了。
• I really must get down to some study.
  我的确必须开始认真学点东西。
• Angola's ruling party was due to get down to brass tacks today with a debate on the party's record.
  安哥拉执政党预定在今天就有关该党执政记录的问题进行实质性讨论。
• I think you will like to get down to work now.
  我想现在你要认真着手工作。
• I have talked too much. Let's get down to business.
  我说的太多了，让我们言归正传吧。
• Now it's time for us to get down to my story.
  现在是时候安静听我的故事了。
• The city's newspapers still attempt to get down to the nitty gritty of investigative journalism.
  该市报纸仍在试图厘清调查性新闻的实质。
• When you get down to it, it isn't so difficult.
  当你开始认真对待事情时，事情就不难。
• I have difficulty in dealing with the abstract-let's get down to some particulars.
  我考虑抽象概念有些困难，让我们处理一些具体事情吧。
• There's not much time left. let's get down to repairing the machine.
  时间所剩不多了，让我们开始修理这台机器吧。