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

• We set about preparing for the party one week ago.
  我们一周前就开始为这个晚会做准备了。
• I tried to apologize, but I think I set about it the wrong way.
  我试着道歉，但我认为我表达的方式却错了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He set about the task with becoming precautions.
  他相信谨慎地着手做这一桩工作。
• After they had got in the wheat, they set about ploughing.
  他们收了麦子，接着就开始犁地。
• Now the two set about the arrows do not know what is.
  现在，这两着手箭头不知道是什么。
• Undaunted by the scale of the job, Lesley set about planning how each room should look.
  莱斯利并没有被这项浩大的工程所吓倒，开始着手规划每个房间的格局。
• His wife set about upbraiding him for neglecting the children.
  他妻子开始指责他不照顾孩子。