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

• And I have to get down to my business now.
  我现在得赶紧复习了。
• 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。
• Let's get down to business at hand.
  让我们着手处理手头的事吧。
• Let's stop chewing the fat and get down to work.
  让我们停止聊天儿，着手工作吧。
• Get down to the post office pronto!
  马上去邮局！
• 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。
• 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。
• Next week I will get down to your case.
  下个星期我将着手处。
• Stop talking, let's get down to work!
  别聊天了，让我们开始干正事吧！
• Can we get down to business?
  我们可以谈正事了吗？