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

• I've got a lot of work to do but I can't seem to get down to it.
  我有许多工作要做，但似乎我还不能认真着手去做这些事情。
• 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 must get down to work tonight, as the exams start next week.
  我今晚必须开始认真学习，因为下周开始考试了。
• Let's get down to business at hand.
  让我们着手处理手头的事吧。
• Let's stop chewing the fat and get down to work.
  让我们停止聊天儿，着手工作吧。
• 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。
• 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。
• We had better get down to it.
  我们最好开始认真工作。
• Okay, now I can tell you that I'm going to get down to the mine.
  好了，我告诉你我要下矿井。
• And I have to get down to my business now.
  我现在得赶紧复习了。