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

• I will set about preparing supper.
  我要开始准备晚饭了。
• 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。
• How do you set about talking the language you are given?
  你是怎样开始讲他人的语言的？
• 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。
• We set about cleaning the house.
  我们着手打扫房子。
• After they had got in the wheat, they set about ploughing.
  他们收了麦子，接着就开始犁地。
• On arriving there, they set about doing the experiment.
  一到那儿他们便开始做实验了。
• His wife set about upbraiding him for neglecting the children.
  他妻子开始指责他不照顾孩子。
• 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。
• 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。