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

She and Mr Manuel set about introducing world-class practices.
于是她和曼纽尔先生着手引进世界级的业务惯例。
He knows how to set about doing these things.
他知道怎样着手做这些事情。
I will set about preparing supper.
我要开始准备晚饭了。
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。
He set about helping homeless women and children to place of safety.
他着手帮助把无家可归的妇女和儿童送到安全的地区。
He set about the task with becoming precautions.
他相信谨慎地着手做这一桩工作。
But the basement won out and they set about trying to raise more money for the business.
但地下室成功了，他们开始尝试为自己的公司筹集更多资金。
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。
Xerox set about a process of reverse engineering. It pulled the machines apart and investigated the Japanese factories to find out how they could pull off such feats.
施乐公司展开了一项逆向工程。他们把日本的机器拆开，调查了日本的工厂以弄清楚他们如何能生产出如此了不起的产品。
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。