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

• Stop talking, let's get down to work!
  别聊天了，让我们开始干正事吧！
• I have difficulty in dealing with the abstract-let's get down to some particulars.
  我考虑抽象概念有些困难，让我们处理一些具体事情吧。
• And I have to get down to my business now.
  我现在得赶紧复习了。
• Let's stop chewing the fat and get down to work.
  让我们停止聊天儿，着手工作吧。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Now it's time for us to get down to my story.
  现在是时候安静听我的故事了。
• The best hope is that we will mobilize international support and get down to action
  最好的希望是我们能争取到国际上的支持，然后采取行动。
• 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。