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
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

Then Spelke and colleagues set about their three-phase training regime.
然后，Spelke和同事们开始了他们三个阶段的训练计划。
Aunt Wu set about making tea. Only for my tea, I should have had the headache.
吴大婶张罗着沏茶。要是不喝茶，我又会犯头痛病了。
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。
How are we going to set about this?
这事我们如何着手呢？
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。
His wife set about upbraiding him for neglecting the children.
他妻子开始指责他不照顾孩子。
Undaunted by the scale of the job, Lesley set about planning how each room should look.
莱斯利并没有被这项浩大的工程所吓倒，开始着手规划每个房间的格局。
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。
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。
He set about the task with becoming precautions.
他相信谨慎地着手做这一桩工作。