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 must get down to work tonight, as the exams start next week.
  我今晚必须开始认真学习，因为下周开始考试了。
• I really must get down to some study.
  我的确必须开始认真学点东西。
• 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。
• 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。
• Can we get down to business?
  我们可以谈正事了吗？
• Get down to the post office pronto!
  马上去邮局！
• 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。
• I like to get down to work by9.
  我喜欢在9点之前开始工作。
• 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。