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

• I must set about my packing.
  我得开始收拾行李了。
• I tried to apologize, but I think I set about it the wrong way.
  我试着道歉，但我认为我表达的方式却错了。
• Undaunted by the scale of the job, Lesley set about planning how each room should look.
  莱斯利并没有被这项浩大的工程所吓倒，开始着手规划每个房间的格局。
• The new government must set about finding solutions to the country's economic problems.
  新政府必须立即找出解决国家经济问题的办法。
• But the basement won out and they set about trying to raise more money for the business.
  但地下室成功了，他们开始尝试为自己的公司筹集更多资金。
• I will set about preparing supper.
  我要开始准备晚饭了。
• We set about preparing for the party one week ago.
  我们一周前就开始为这个晚会做准备了。
• His wife set about upbraiding him for neglecting the children.
  他妻子开始指责他不照顾孩子。
• He knows how to set about doing these things.
  他知道怎样着手做这些事情。
• On arriving there, they set about doing the experiment.
  一到那儿他们便开始做实验了。