With the election out of the way, the government can get down to business.

选举已结束，政府能够着手处理正事了。

If I want to get down to very precise dimensions, I have to bring huge energy and disturb the very thing I am going to measure.

如果我想着手处理很精确的尺寸，我必须带来巨大的能量，而且会扰乱我将测量的东西。

I like to get down to work by 9.

我喜欢在9点之前开始工作。

Let's get down to business.

咱们开始干正事吧。

Let's cut the crap and get down to business.

咱们别说废话了，开始干正事吧。

Let's skip the formalities and get down to business.

咱们省去繁文缛节，开始讨论实质问题吧。

Okay, that's the broad plan—let's get down to the specifics.

好，这是总的计划—下面来谈谈具体细节。

Time ran out before we could get down to the real nitty-gritty.

我们还没来得及探讨真正的细节，时间就过去了。

We need to get down to the serious business of working out costs.

我们该认真地把成本算出来了。

I can get down to nitpicking detail, I am pretty fussy about certain things.

我会挑剔细节，而且对某些事情我会相当吹毛求疵。

The best hope is that we will mobilize international support and get down to action.

最大的希望就是我们将动员国际社会的支持，开始行动。

The general was anxious to cut short the philosophizing and get down to more urgent problems.

那位将军急于打断那些高谈阔论，着手解决更加紧急的问题。

Creating an ideal working environment will make it easier for them to get down to their assignments quickly.

创造一个理想的学习环境会让他们更容易迅速地开始做作业。

I get down to a certain card and I am stumped, so I will leave a space waiting for that card to appear on cue.

当我看到某张牌时，我被困住了，所以我会留出空间，等待那张牌恰好出现。

First off, get down to basics.

首先，要从基础做起。

Smith: Well, shall we get down to business?

史密斯：那我们开始谈正事吧。

The truth is something that you get down to.

真理才是最终要追求的。

And, of course, get down to your ideal body weight.

最后，当然还有减至理想体重。

Now let's get down to the business of creating a document.

现在，我们来看一下如何创建文档。

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。

Still here? Good! Now it's time to get down to business.

读到这里了吗？好的！那么现在就开始操作了。

They said, we've got to get down to what the author meant.

他们认为，我们必须考虑作者的意思。

They are on course to get down to the required depth in August.

按规定，它们要在八月份达到要求的深度。

This means, to get down to brass tacks, that it could hit Alaska.

这意味着须认真对待的基本事实：它可以打击阿拉斯加。

I'll get down to the details of that work in my next two columns.

我会在我的下两个专栏具体的写这些事情。

I said I could never get down to a handful of clothes, but I have.

我曾说我不可能只有几件衣服就过日子，而我现在正这么过。

I make some sketches, and when know exactly what I want, I get down to work.

我画一些素描，当我知道这正是我想要的时候，我便开始投入工作了。

Once the economy improves, the people who put off parenthood will get down to it.

一旦经济改善了，那些推迟成为父母的人们就会开始付诸行动。