结构:后面接名词或动名词(doing)(注意:这里的 to 是介词,不是不定式符号,因此不能接动词原形!)
常见搭配:
get down to business(固定表达):切入正题;开始干正事(尤指结束闲聊/铺垫后)
get down to work/studying:开始认真工作/学习
get down to details:开始处理细节
After spending an hour on social media, I finally got down to writing my essay.
(刷了一小时社交媒体后,我终于开始认真写论文了。)
Let’s stop chatting and get down to business—we have a lot to discuss.
(别闲聊了,切入正题吧——我们有很多事要讨论。)
I need to get down to preparing for the job interview this weekend.
(这个周末我得开始认真准备求职面试。)
Once the guests left, she got down to cleaning the house.
(客人一走,她就开始认真打扫房子。)
不要误将 to 当成不定式!比如:
❌ I got down to study for the exam.(错误,study是动词原形)
✅ I got down to studying for the exam.(正确,studying是动名词)