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

• Next week I will get down to your case.
  下个星期我将着手处。
• 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。
• 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。
• We had better get down to it.
  我们最好开始认真工作。
• Stop talking, let's get down to work!
  别聊天了，让我们开始干正事吧！
• 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。
• 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。
• And I have to get down to my business now.
  我现在得赶紧复习了。
• 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。