set about

英 [set əˈbaʊt]

美 [set əˈbaʊt]

动手; 开始; 下手; 着手

法律

英英释义

verb

• take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
  1. We began working at dawn
  2. Who will start?
  3. Get working as soon as the sun rises!
  4. The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia
  5. He began early in the day
  6. Let's get down to work now
  Synonym:get downbegingetstart outstartset outcommence
• enter upon an activity or enterprise
  Synonym:undertakeattempt
• begin to deal with
  1. approach a task
  2. go about a difficult problem
  3. approach a new project
  Synonym:go aboutapproach

双语例句

• Xerox set about a process of reverse engineering. It pulled the machines apart and investigated the Japanese factories to find out how they could pull off such feats.
  施乐公司展开了一项逆向工程。他们把日本的机器拆开，调查了日本的工厂以弄清楚他们如何能生产出如此了不起的产品。
• Prince Ivan broke the egg, took the needle out, and set about breaking the point off.
  亲王伊凡打破了，把针，并打破了一点。
• Then Spelke and colleagues set about their three-phase training regime.
  然后，Spelke和同事们开始了他们三个阶段的训练计划。
• He sat down at the table and set about his work.
  他坐在桌子前开始工作了。
• We set about cleaning the house.
  我们着手打扫房子。
• On arriving there, they set about doing the experiment.
  一到那儿他们便开始做实验了。
• He knows how to set about doing these things.
  他知道怎样着手做这些事情。
• I set about researching the habits of snakes so I could trap them in the easiest way.
  于是我就着手研究蛇的习性，以便能用最简易的方法来捕蛇。
• He has set about carving up the company which Hammer created from almost nothing
  他已经开始动手拆分这家几乎是哈默白手起家创办的公司。
• The new government set about dismantling their predecessors'legislation.
  新政府正着手废除其前任所制定的法律。