get around to

英 [ɡet əˈraʊnd tu]

美 [ɡet əˈraʊnd tu]

抽出时间做; 终于去做

柯林斯词典

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 get round to


• PHRASAL VERB 抽出时间做；终于去做
  When youget around todoing something that you have delayed doing or have been too busy to do, you finally do it.
  1. I said I would write to you, but as usual I never got around to it...
     我说过要给你写信，但一如往常，我总是抽不出时间来。
  2. I've got bags of photographs and one day I'll get round to putting them in an album.
     我有几袋相片，哪天抽空把它们放进相册。

英英释义

verb

• do something despite obstacles such as lack of time
  1. He finally got around to painting the windows

双语例句

• They may never get around to answering or even reading the rest.
  他们可能永远不会回复甚至永远不会浏览其余的那些。
• Actually, I didn't get around to that either.
  实际上，我也没有去那里。
• Sure, maybe we'll get baptized one of these days, but in the meantime we got to go home and take care of the harvest, so we'll get around to that. Don't worry about it.
  我们这几天也许会去受洗，但现在，得回家秋收了，我们会抽时间做的，别担心。
• I've got bags of photographs and one day I'll get round to putting them in an album.
  我有几袋相片，哪天抽空把它们放进相册。
• Please bear with me and I will get around to it ASAP.
  请原谅我，我会尽快抽出时间处理这件事。
• I wish Bill would get around to starting a new one.
  我希望比尔开始着手新的一项。
• I didn't get around to showing you around the house.
  我没时间带你参观这幢房子。
• We will get around to discussing it sometime.
  以后有时间，我们回过头来讨论这篇论文。
• They didn't get around to typing up the letter
  他们没能抽出时间把信打印出来。
• Most people are so busy knocking themselves out trying to do everything they think they should do, they never get around to do what they want to do.
  多数人忙得很，把自己搞得精疲力竭地去做他们认为应当做的事，但他们从来不做他们真正想做的事。