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 really must get down to some study.
  我的确必须开始认真学点东西。
• 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。
• 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。
• There's not much time left. let's get down to repairing the machine.
  时间所剩不多了，让我们开始修理这台机器吧。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• And I have to get down to my business now.
  我现在得赶紧复习了。
• 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。