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

• The best hope is that we will mobilize international support and get down to action
  最好的希望是我们能争取到国际上的支持，然后采取行动。
• 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。
• We had better get down to it.
  我们最好开始认真工作。
• I really must get down to some study.
  我的确必须开始认真学点东西。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• And I have to get down to my business now.
  我现在得赶紧复习了。
• 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。
• 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。