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

• Jirtle and Waterland set about to see if they could change the unfortunate genetic legacy of these little creatures.
  吉透和沃特兰在开始时想看看这些小生物是否能改变这不幸的遗传病。
• I must set about my packing.
  我得开始收拾行李了。
• We set about cleaning the house.
  我们着手打扫房子。
• He knows how to set about doing these things.
  他知道怎样着手做这些事情。
• 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。
• After they had got in the wheat, they set about ploughing.
  他们收了麦子，接着就开始犁地。
• How are we going to set about this?
  这事我们如何着手呢？
• He had never intended living there after his wife's death and immediately set about trying to make a sale.
  妻子去世后他就不打算住在那里了，因此马上着手要将其卖掉。
• He has set about carving up the company which Hammer created from almost nothing
  他已经开始动手拆分这家几乎是哈默白手起家创办的公司。
• 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。