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 said I could never get down to a handful of clothes, but I have.
  我说过我无法减少只保留一些必须的衣服，但我做到了。
• Let's stop chewing the fat and get down to work.
  让我们停止聊天儿，着手工作吧。
• 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。
• Get down to the post office pronto!
  马上去邮局！
• I really must get down to some study.
  我的确必须开始认真学点东西。
• 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。
• Let's get down to business at hand.
  让我们着手处理手头的事吧。
• Let's get down to basics and stop horsing around.
  别胡闹了，我们还是收收心想想要紧事吧。
• We had better get down to it.
  我们最好开始认真工作。
• 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。