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

• After that we have to get down to work.
  会议之后，我们就得开始干活了。
• Stop talking, let's get down to work!
  别聊天了，让我们开始干正事吧！
• 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。
• 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。
• And I have to get down to my business now.
  我现在得赶紧复习了。
• I think you will like to get down to work now.
  我想现在你要认真着手工作。
• We had better get down to it.
  我们最好开始认真工作。
• 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。
• 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。
• Can we get down to business?
  我们可以谈正事了吗？