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。
• Never mind the side issues, let's get down to brass tacks and thrash out a basic agreement.
  别管枝节问题，让我们讨论问题的实质，以求得基本一致。
• After that we have to get down to work.
  会议之后，我们就得开始干活了。
• Let's stop chewing the fat and get down to work.
  让我们停止聊天儿，着手工作吧。
• Can we get down to business?
  我们可以谈正事了吗？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。