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 have difficulty in dealing with the abstract-let's get down to some particulars.
  我考虑抽象概念有些困难，让我们处理一些具体事情吧。
• 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。
• Stop talking, let's get down to work!
  别聊天了，让我们开始干正事吧！
• I like to get down to work by9.
  我喜欢在9点之前开始工作。
• Let's stop chewing the fat and get down to work.
  让我们停止聊天儿，着手工作吧。
• After that we have to get down to work.
  会议之后，我们就得开始干活了。
• 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。
• Let's get down to business at hand.
  让我们着手处理手头的事吧。
• 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。