get down

1. PHRASAL VERB 使沮丧；使忧郁
   If something gets you down, it makes you unhappy.
   1. At times when my work gets me down, I like to fantasize about being a farmer.
      有时当工作让我沮丧时，我喜欢幻想自己是一个农场主。
2. PHRASAL VERB 俯身；跪下；趴下
   If you get down, you lower your body until you are sitting, kneeling, or lying on the ground.
   1. She got down on her hands and knees on the floor...
      她双手撑地跪在地上。
   2. 'Get down!' she yelled. 'Somebody's shooting!'
      “趴下！”她大声喊道，“有人开枪！”
3. PHRASAL VERB 写下；记下
   If you get something down, especially something that someone has just said, you write it down.
   1. The idea has been going around in my head for quite a while and now I am getting it down on paper.
      这个想法在我脑海里萦绕许久了，我现在就将它写在纸上。
4. PHRASAL VERB （费力地）吞下；勉强咽下
   If you get food or medicine down, you swallow it, especially with difficulty.
   1. I bit into a hefty slab of bread and cheese. When I had got it down I started talking.
      我咬了一大块面包和奶酪，强咽下去之后开始说话。

1. Let's get down to basics and stop horsing around.
   别胡闹了，我们还是收收心想想要紧事吧。
2. Angola's ruling party was due to get down to brass tacks today with a debate on the party's record.
   安哥拉执政党预定在今天就有关该党执政记录的问题进行实质性讨论。
3. At times when my work gets me down, I like to fantasize about being a farmer.
   有时当工作让我沮丧时，我喜欢幻想自己是一个农场主。
4. She got down on her hands and knees on the floor
   她双手撑地跪在地上。
5. 'Get down!' she yelled. 'Somebody's shooting!'
   “趴下！”她大声喊道，“有人开枪！”
6. The idea has been going around in my head for quite a while and now I am getting it down on paper.
   这个想法在我脑海里萦绕许久了，我现在就将它写在纸上。
7. I bit into a hefty slab of bread and cheese. When I had got it down I started talking.
   我咬了一大块面包和奶酪，强咽下去之后开始说话。
8. With the election out of the way, the government can get down to business.
   选举结束，政府可以着手干起来了。
9. The best hope is that we will mobilize international support and get down to action
   最好的希望是我们能争取到国际上的支持，然后采取行动。
10. I can get down to nitpicking detail, I am pretty fussy about certain things.
    我会挑剔细节，我对某些事情相当吹毛求疵。
11. The city's newspapers still attempt to get down to the nitty gritty of investigative journalism.
    该市报纸仍在试图厘清调查性新闻的实质。
12. Get down to the post office pronto!
    马上去邮局！
13. Let's stop chewing the fat and get down to work.
    让我们停止聊天儿，着手工作吧。
14. Get down what you have observed in the experiment and report it to me after I come back.
    把实验中你观察的东西记下来，我回来后向我汇报。
15. It was easy enough to climb the tree but not easy to get down.
    爬上树去挺容易，可是下来就难了。
16. When you get down to it, it isn't so difficult.
    当你开始认真对待事情时，事情就不难。
17. He speaks so fast that I cannot get down every word.
    他说得太快了，我无法把他说的每个词都记下来。
18. I have difficulty in dealing with the abstract-let's get down to some particulars.
    我考虑抽象概念有些困难，让我们处理一些具体事情吧。
19. Never mind the side issues, let's get down to brass tacks and thrash out a basic agreement.
    别管枝节问题，让我们讨论问题的实质，以求得基本一致。
20. I start to get down on the work.
    我开始对这工作生厌。
21. With that plumbing defined, I can get down to business.
    定义了该管道之后，我就可以开始正事了。
22. Did you have to borrow a reindeer to get down here?
    你借了驯鹿才能下凡了吧？
23. I could not again like this get down, like this was not all good to everybody.
    我不能再这样下去了，这样对大家都不好。
24. It very cheap, I can't get down the price.
    这已经很便宜了，我不能再降了。
25. Can we get down to business?
    我们可以谈正事了吗？
26. I like to get down to work by9.
    我喜欢在9点之前开始工作。
27. I think you will like to get down to work now.
    我想现在你要认真着手工作。
28. After that we have to get down to work.
    会议之后，我们就得开始干活了。
29. Stop talking, let's get down to work!
    别聊天了，让我们开始干正事吧！
30. Okay, now I can tell you that I'm going to get down to the mine.
    好了，我告诉你我要下矿井。

verb

1. 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:    begingetstart outstartset aboutset outcommence

2. put down in writing

   Synonym:    write downset downput down

3. pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking
   1. Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!

   Synonym:    swallow

4. lower someone's spirits
   1. These news depressed her
   2. The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her

   Synonym:    depressdejectcast downdismaydispiritdemoralizedemoralise

5. alight from (a horse)

   Synonym:    unhorsedismountlightget off

6. move something or somebody to a lower position
   1. take down the vase from the shelf

   Synonym:    lowertake downlet downbring down

7. lower (one's body) as by kneeling
   1. Get down on your knees!