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

• Now the two set about the arrows do not know what is.
  现在，这两着手箭头不知道是什么。
• We set about preparing for the party one week ago.
  我们一周前就开始为这个晚会做准备了。
• On arriving there, they set about doing the experiment.
  一到那儿他们便开始做实验了。
• 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。
• He sat down at the table and set about his work.
  他坐在桌子前开始工作了。
• His wife set about upbraiding him for neglecting the children.
  他妻子开始指责他不照顾孩子。
• He has set about carving up the company which Hammer created from almost nothing
  他已经开始动手拆分这家几乎是哈默白手起家创办的公司。
• The new government set about dismantling their predecessors'legislation.
  新政府正着手废除其前任所制定的法律。
• How do you set about talking the language you are given?
  你是怎样开始讲他人的语言的？