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

• 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。
• Get down to the post office pronto!
  马上去邮局！
• Let's stop chewing the fat and get down to work.
  让我们停止聊天儿，着手工作吧。
• I think you will like to get down to work now.
  我想现在你要认真着手工作。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I really must get down to some study.
  我的确必须开始认真学点东西。
• Okay, now I can tell you that I'm going to get down to the mine.
  好了，我告诉你我要下矿井。