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

• I can get down to nitpicking detail, I am pretty fussy about certain things.
  我会挑剔细节，我对某些事情相当吹毛求疵。
• I like to get down to work by9.
  我喜欢在9点之前开始工作。
• After that we have to get down to work.
  会议之后，我们就得开始干活了。
• Get down to the post office pronto!
  马上去邮局！
• 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。
• Next week I will get down to your case.
  下个星期我将着手处。
• 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。
• Let's stop chewing the fat and get down to work.
  让我们停止聊天儿，着手工作吧。
• And I have to get down to my business now.
  我现在得赶紧复习了。
• 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。