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

• I must set about my packing.
  我得开始收拾行李了。
• He knows how to set about doing these things.
  他知道怎样着手做这些事情。
• 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。
• After they had got in the wheat, they set about ploughing.
  他们收了麦子，接着就开始犁地。
• He sat down at the table and set about his work.
  他坐在桌子前开始工作了。
• 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。
• On arriving there, they set about doing the experiment.
  一到那儿他们便开始做实验了。
• 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 will set about preparing supper.
  我要开始准备晚饭了。
• He had never intended living there after his wife's death and immediately set about trying to make a sale.
  妻子去世后他就不打算住在那里了，因此马上着手要将其卖掉。