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

I must set about my packing.
我得开始收拾行李了。
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 knows how to set about doing these things.
他知道怎样着手做这些事情。
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。
Aunt Wu set about making tea. Only for my tea, I should have had the headache.
吴大婶张罗着沏茶。要是不喝茶，我又会犯头痛病了。
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。
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。
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。
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 tried to apologize, but I think I set about it the wrong way.
我试着道歉，但我认为我表达的方式却错了。