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

• 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。
• 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。
• After they had got in the wheat, they set about ploughing.
  他们收了麦子，接着就开始犁地。
• 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。
• He set about the task with becoming precautions.
  他相信谨慎地着手做这一桩工作。
• 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。
• How are we going to set about this?
  这事我们如何着手呢？
• 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。
• I set about researching the habits of snakes so I could trap them in the easiest way.
  于是我就着手研究蛇的习性，以便能用最简易的方法来捕蛇。
• We set about cleaning the house.
  我们着手打扫房子。