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

• How are we going to set about this?
  这事我们如何着手呢？
• I must set about my packing.
  我得开始收拾行李了。
• Then Spelke and colleagues set about their three-phase training regime.
  然后，Spelke和同事们开始了他们三个阶段的训练计划。
• She and Mr Manuel set about introducing world-class practices.
  于是她和曼纽尔先生着手引进世界级的业务惯例。
• Having made up my mind, I immediately set about carrying out my plan.
  拿定主意后，我立即着手实施我的计划。
• And set about establishing fault gases growth model to predict the development of a failure to determine the basis.
  并着手建立故障气体的增长模式，为预测故障的发展提供了判断依据。
• Xerox set about a process of reverse engineering. It pulled the machines apart and investigated the Japanese factories to find out how they could pull off such feats.
  施乐公司展开了一项逆向工程。他们把日本的机器拆开，调查了日本的工厂以弄清楚他们如何能生产出如此了不起的产品。
• 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。
• We set about cleaning the house.
  我们着手打扫房子。
• 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。