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 like to get down to work by9.
  我喜欢在9点之前开始工作。
• Never mind the side issues, let's get down to brass tacks and thrash out a basic agreement.
  别管枝节问题，让我们讨论问题的实质，以求得基本一致。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Fetch me the drift holder and I will get down to work.
  给我把那把绞手拿来，我要干活。
• With that plumbing defined, I can get down to business.
  定义了该管道之后，我就可以开始正事了。
• 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。
• 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。