set about
英 [set əˈbaʊt]
美 [set əˈbaʊt]
动手; 开始; 下手; 着手
英英释义
verb
- take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
- We began working at dawn
- Who will start?
- Get working as soon as the sun rises!
- The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia
- He began early in the day
- Let's get down to work now
- enter upon an activity or enterprise
- begin to deal with
- approach a task
- go about a difficult problem
- approach a new project
双语例句
- Jirtle and Waterland set about to see if they could change the unfortunate genetic legacy of these little creatures.
吉透和沃特兰在开始时想看看这些小生物是否能改变这不幸的遗传病。 - 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。 - The new government must set about finding solutions to the country's economic problems.
新政府必须立即找出解决国家经济问题的办法。 - But the basement won out and they set about trying to raise more money for the business.
但地下室成功了，他们开始尝试为自己的公司筹集更多资金。 - Having made up my mind, I immediately set about carrying out my plan.
拿定主意后，我立即着手实施我的计划。 - On arriving there, they set about doing the experiment.
一到那儿他们便开始做实验了。 - 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。 - We set about cleaning the house.
我们着手打扫房子。 - He set about the task with becoming precautions.
他相信谨慎地着手做这一桩工作。 - How are we going to set about this?
这事我们如何着手呢？