英语词汇“to get down to it”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. To settle down to (an activity, a topic, etc.); to turn one's attention to. Frequently in to get down to it: to get started; to begin work seriously or energetically.to get down to brass tacks: see brass n. Phrases 2. to get down to business: see business n. Phrases 13. to get down to cases: see case n.² Phrases 2. to get down to work: see work n. Phrases 1f(b).

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the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin or enter upon (an action) [verb (transitive)] > begin an action or fall to doing something > resolutely or vigorously

to sit in1736

strap1823

to get down1826

tackle1841

to buckle down (to)1865

to bite on1904

to wade into1904

to get stuck into1910

to get one's teeth into1935

to sink one's teeth into1935

to get stuck in1938

to get to grips with1947

1826 J. F. Cooper Last of Mohicans II. iv. 62 We must get down to it, Sagamore, beginning at the spring.

1889 Western Electrician 19 Jan. 36/1 Let us get down to the point and say exactly what we mean.

1892 ‘M. Twain’ Amer. Claimant xiv. 108 You've got to get right down to it and amuse your mind.

1924 Sunday Times 30 Mar. 6/2 The Bishop of Beauvais, the Earl of Warwick, and Chaplain de Stogumber assemble round a table and ‘get down to it’.

1938 D. Thomas Let. 24 Nov. (1987) 340 Then I could get down to the job of ‘cleaning’ them up.

1957 K. M. Kenyon Digging up Jericho 39 The first stages of a dig..start long before one actually gets down to excavating.

2000 A. Hussein Émigré Journeys i. 3 If a floorboard creaked or a knob fell off the door, I got down to it right there and then.

单词	to get down to it
释义	> as lemmas to get down to it b. To settle down to (an activity, a topic, etc.); to turn one's attention to. Frequently in to get down to it: to get started; to begin work seriously or energetically.to get down to brass tacks: see brass n. Phrases 2. to get down to business: see business n. Phrases 13. to get down to cases: see case n.² Phrases 2. to get down to work: see work n. Phrases 1f(b). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin or enter upon (an action) [verb (transitive)] > begin an action or fall to doing something > resolutely or vigorously to sit in1736 strap1823 to get down1826 tackle1841 to buckle down (to)1865 to bite on1904 to wade into1904 to get stuck into1910 to get one's teeth into1935 to sink one's teeth into1935 to get stuck in1938 to get to grips with1947 1826 J. F. Cooper Last of Mohicans II. iv. 62 We must get down to it, Sagamore, beginning at the spring. 1889 Western Electrician 19 Jan. 36/1 Let us get down to the point and say exactly what we mean. 1892 ‘M. Twain’ Amer. Claimant xiv. 108 You've got to get right down to it and amuse your mind. 1924 Sunday Times 30 Mar. 6/2 The Bishop of Beauvais, the Earl of Warwick, and Chaplain de Stogumber assemble round a table and ‘get down to it’. 1938 D. Thomas Let. 24 Nov. (1987) 340 Then I could get down to the job of ‘cleaning’ them up. 1957 K. M. Kenyon Digging up Jericho 39 The first stages of a dig..start long before one actually gets down to excavating. 2000 A. Hussein Émigré Journeys i. 3 If a floorboard creaked or a knob fell off the door, I got down to it right there and then. extracted from getv. < as lemmas
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