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

• Let's get down to basics and stop horsing around.
  别胡闹了，我们还是收收心想想要紧事吧。
• We had better get down to it.
  我们最好开始认真工作。
• I like to get down to work by9.
  我喜欢在9点之前开始工作。
• 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。
• 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。
• And I have to get down to my business now.
  我现在得赶紧复习了。
• 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。
• Never mind the side issues, let's get down to brass tacks and thrash out a basic agreement.
  别管枝节问题，让我们讨论问题的实质，以求得基本一致。
• Let's get down to business at hand.
  让我们着手处理手头的事吧。
• I must get down to work tonight, as the exams start next week.
  我今晚必须开始认真学习，因为下周开始考试了。