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 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。
• I think you will like to get down to work now.
  我想现在你要认真着手工作。
• Fetch me the drift holder and I will get down to work.
  给我把那把绞手拿来，我要干活。
• Let's get down to business at hand.
  让我们着手处理手头的事吧。
• I really must get down to some study.
  我的确必须开始认真学点东西。
• We had better get down to it.
  我们最好开始认真工作。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。