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

• 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 cleaning the house.
  我们着手打扫房子。
• 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 knows how to set about doing these things.
  他知道怎样着手做这些事情。
• I will set about preparing supper.
  我要开始准备晚饭了。
• He set about helping homeless women and children to place of safety.
  他着手帮助把无家可归的妇女和儿童送到安全的地区。
• 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。
• He sat down at the table and set about his work.
  他坐在桌子前开始工作了。
• How are we going to set about this?
  这事我们如何着手呢？
• His wife set about upbraiding him for neglecting the children.
  他妻子开始指责他不照顾孩子。