set about

英 [set əˈbaʊt]

美 [set əˈbaʊt]

动手; 开始; 下手; 着手

法律

英英释义

verb

• take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
  1. We began working at dawn
  2. Who will start?
  3. Get working as soon as the sun rises!
  4. The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia
  5. He began early in the day
  6. Let's get down to work now
  Synonym:get downbegingetstart outstartset outcommence
• enter upon an activity or enterprise
  Synonym:undertakeattempt
• begin to deal with
  1. approach a task
  2. go about a difficult problem
  3. approach a new project
  Synonym:go aboutapproach

双语例句

• Having made up my mind, I immediately set about carrying out my plan.
  拿定主意后，我立即着手实施我的计划。
• I will set about preparing supper.
  我要开始准备晚饭了。
• He knows how to set about doing these things.
  他知道怎样着手做这些事情。
• The new government set about dismantling their predecessors'legislation.
  新政府正着手废除其前任所制定的法律。
• After they had got in the wheat, they set about ploughing.
  他们收了麦子，接着就开始犁地。
• Xerox set about a process of reverse engineering. It pulled the machines apart and investigated the Japanese factories to find out how they could pull off such feats.
  施乐公司展开了一项逆向工程。他们把日本的机器拆开，调查了日本的工厂以弄清楚他们如何能生产出如此了不起的产品。
• I must set about my packing.
  我得开始收拾行李了。
• Prince Ivan broke the egg, took the needle out, and set about breaking the point off.
  亲王伊凡打破了，把针，并打破了一点。
• How are we going to set about this?
  这事我们如何着手呢？
• How do you set about talking the language you are given?
  你是怎样开始讲他人的语言的？