get around to

英 [ɡet əˈraʊnd tu]

美 [ɡet əˈraʊnd tu]

抽出时间做; 终于去做

柯林斯词典

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 get round to


• PHRASAL VERB 抽出时间做；终于去做
  When youget around todoing something that you have delayed doing or have been too busy to do, you finally do it.
  1. I said I would write to you, but as usual I never got around to it...
     我说过要给你写信，但一如往常，我总是抽不出时间来。
  2. I've got bags of photographs and one day I'll get round to putting them in an album.
     我有几袋相片，哪天抽空把它们放进相册。

英英释义

verb

• do something despite obstacles such as lack of time
  1. He finally got around to painting the windows

双语例句

• We all know people who can talk a good game, but never get around to building anything.
  我们都见过这样的人，他们说得天花乱坠，但从未付诸于行动。
• I was wondering when you'd get around to my panties.
  我还一直希望你能拜倒在我裙下。
• If you don't have unit tests, it might be a good idea to start introducing them in this stage ( if you didn't get around to it in the "get it running" stage, for example).
  如果您没有单元测试，那么在这个阶段引入它可能是个好主意（例如，如果您在“使它运行”阶段没有找到使用它的机会）。
• B: I was going to, but my boss guessed what I was thinking. He gave me so much work to do that afternoon that I didn't get around to meeting with the supervisor of our department.
  我有这个打算，可是老板已猜出了我的心思。那天下午他给我派了很多活，我根本抽不出时间去见我们部门的主管。
• Many never get around to listing their customers. This lapse is often reflective of trouble in their businesses.
  很多人从没想过要把顾客列为资产。这项失误通常反映出，这家企业内部有问题。
• Sure, maybe we'll get baptized one of these days, but in the meantime we got to go home and take care of the harvest, so we'll get around to that. Don't worry about it.
  我们这几天也许会去受洗，但现在，得回家秋收了，我们会抽时间做的，别担心。
• I have been meaning to call him but I never get around to it.
  我一直想给他打电话，但都没打成。
• But it never seems to get around to noticing the cultural and class biases that so many former buyers are complaining about.
  但对于那么多以前的顾客所抱怨的文化和阶级偏见，他们似乎却视而不见，置若罔闻。
• A thought misplaced, a cue lost or simply passion about something& I never quite get around to capturing the moment.
  某一段思想放错了地方，某一条线索丢失了，关于某一件事情的简单的激情不再有了&我从来没能真正克服过这些东西，没法抓住那些瞬间。
• I don't know when I'll get around to seeing it as it's very hard to watch him like that.
  不知道什么时候我会考虑去看一看，因为看到那样的他让我非常难过。