get down

英[ɡetdaʊn] 美[ɡetdaʊn]
  • vt. 下来;写下;咽下;使沮丧;压垮;着手;砍倒;击落;拿下,取下
Verb:
  1. lower (one's body) as by kneeling;

    "Get down on your knees!"

  2. move something or somebody to a lower position;

    "take down the vase from the shelf"

  3. alight from (a horse)

  4. pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking;

    "Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!"

  5. lower someone's spirits; make downhearted;

    "These news depressed her"
    "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"

  6. put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.

  7. take the first step or steps in carrying out an action;

    "We began working at dawn"
    "Who will start?"
    "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"
    "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"
    "He began early in the day"
    "Let's get down to work now"

1. She yelled at the child to get down from the wall.
她喊着让小孩从墙上下来。

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2. How does Father Christmas get down the chimney?
圣诞老人是怎么从烟囱里下来的?

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3. Get down and work on the farm and have a bit of fun.
下来到农场干活,找点乐子。

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4. I like to get down to work by 9.
我喜欢在9点之前开始工作。

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5. Let's get down to business.
咱们开始干正事吧。

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6. Let's cut the crap and get down to business.
咱们别说废话了,开始干正事吧。

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7. "Get down!" she yelled. "Somebody's shooting!"
“卧倒!”她大声喊道。“有人在开枪!”

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8. Let's skip the formalities and get down to business.
咱们省去繁文缛节,开始讨论实质问题吧。

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9. Okay, that's the broad plan—let's get down to the specifics.
好,这是总的计划—下面来谈谈具体细节。

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10. Time ran out before we could get down to the real nitty-gritty.
我们还没来得及探讨真正的细节,时间就过去了。

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11. We need to get down to the serious business of working out costs.
我们该认真地把成本算出来了。

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12. With the election out of the way, the government can get down to business.
选举已结束,政府能够着手处理正事了。

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13. I can get down to nitpicking detail, I am pretty fussy about certain things.
我会挑剔细节,而且对某些事情我会相当吹毛求疵。

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14. The best hope is that we will mobilize international support and get down to action.
最大的希望就是我们将动员国际社会的支持,开始行动。

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15. The general was anxious to cut short the philosophizing and get down to more urgent problems.
那位将军急于打断那些高谈阔论,着手解决更加紧急的问题。

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16. I will willingly go away with you, but I do not know how to get down.
我很愿意和你一起走,但是我不知道怎么下去。

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17. The question now was how to get down the trees, or how to get his dogs down?
现在的问题是怎样把树弄倒,或者怎样把他的狗弄到?

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18. Creating an ideal working environment will make it easier for them to get down to their assignments quickly.
创造一个理想的学习环境会让他们更容易迅速地开始做作业。

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19. I get down to a certain card and I am stumped, so I will leave a space waiting for that card to appear on cue.
当我看到某张牌时,我被困住了,所以我会留出空间,等待那张牌恰好出现。

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20. If I want to get down to very precise dimensions, I have to bring huge energy and disturb the very thing I am going to measure.
如果我想着手处理很精确的尺寸,我必须带来巨大的能量,而且会扰乱我将测量的东西。

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21. Dogs, for example, will wag their tails, get down their front legs, and stick their behinds in the air to indicate "what follows is just for play".
例如,狗会摇尾巴,放下前腿,把屁股翘在空中,表示“以下的动作只是为了好玩”。

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22. First off, get down to basics.
首先,要从基础做起。

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23. "I get down here," said the man.
“我在此地下去。”那人说。

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24. Perhaps I'll get down in the winter.
可能我会在冬天时去。

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25. The truth is something that you get down to.
真理才是最终要追求的。

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26. You better get down here as soon as you can.
你最好尽快地赶过来。

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27. Now I have to get down much lower, "he says."
现在我就得趴低一些,“他说。”

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28. When I get down on my knees, it is not to pray.
当我双膝跪下,我并不是要祈祷。

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29. Get down! "said Isabel, and we all hit the floor."
伊萨贝尔说,我们都爬在了地板上。

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30. Get down! "said Isabel, and we all hit the floor."
伊萨贝尔说,我们都爬在了地板上。

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    用作及物动词 (vt.)
    1. The medicine is too bitter to get down.
      药太苦了,吞不下去。
    2. Let's strip away the cant and get down to bedrock.
      咱们少说漂亮话,多谈实质问题吧。
    3. He got down to his work after the holidays.
      度假之後他开始专心工作。
    4. He jotted down a note for her and then left.
      他匆匆为她写下了一个条子然后离开了。
    5. Wash the dry cake down with tea.
      用茶把乾蛋糕咽下去。
    6. I hate to have to choke down these pills.
      我讨厌不得不费力地去咽下这些药片。
    7. Susan was completely weighed down by the stress of examinations.
      苏珊被考试的压力压垮了。
    8. It is likely that she will be crushed down by the bad news.
      很可能她会被这可悲的消息压垮。
    9. I think you will like to get down to work now.
      我想现在你要认真着手工作。
    10. They set out to drive a well to get well water.
      他们着手凿井取水。