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。
• His wife set about upbraiding him for neglecting the children.
  他妻子开始指责他不照顾孩子。
• On arriving there, they set about doing the experiment.
  一到那儿他们便开始做实验了。
• He sat down at the table and set about his work.
  他坐在桌子前开始工作了。
• He knows how to set about doing these things.
  他知道怎样着手做这些事情。
• And set about establishing fault gases growth model to predict the development of a failure to determine the basis.
  并着手建立故障气体的增长模式，为预测故障的发展提供了判断依据。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• After they had got in the wheat, they set about ploughing.
  他们收了麦子，接着就开始犁地。