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！
• Let's get down to business at hand.
  让我们着手处理手头的事吧。
• 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。
• After that we have to get down to work.
  会议之后，我们就得开始干活了。
• I have talked too much. Let's get down to business.
  我说的太多了，让我们言归正传吧。
• Angola's ruling party was due to get down to brass tacks today with a debate on the party's record.
  安哥拉执政党预定在今天就有关该党执政记录的问题进行实质性讨论。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。