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。
The new government set about dismantling their predecessors'legislation.
新政府正着手废除其前任所制定的法律。
He sat down at the table and set about his work.
他坐在桌子前开始工作了。
His wife set about upbraiding him for neglecting the children.
他妻子开始指责他不照顾孩子。
How do you set about talking the language you are given?
你是怎样开始讲他人的语言的？
I will set about preparing supper.
我要开始准备晚饭了。
We set about cleaning the house.
我们着手打扫房子。
He set about the task with becoming precautions.
他相信谨慎地着手做这一桩工作。
Prince Ivan broke the egg, took the needle out, and set about breaking the point off.
亲王伊凡打破了，把针，并打破了一点。
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。