"get down on your knees!"
"take down the vase from the shelf"
"Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!"
"These news depressed her"
"The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"
"We began working at dawn"
"Who will start?"
"Get working as soon as the sun rises!"
"The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"
"He began early in the day"
"Let's get down to work now"
1.使沮丧；使忧郁
If somethinggets youdown, it makes you unhappy.
e.g. At times when my work gets medown, 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.俯身；跪下；趴下
If youget down, you lower your body until you are sitting, kneeling, or lying on the ground.
e.g. She gotdown on her hands and knees on the floor...
她双手撑地跪在地上。
e.g. 'Getdown!' she yelled. 'Somebody's shooting!'
“趴下！”她大声喊道，“有人开枪！”
3.写下；记下
If youget somethingdown, especially something that someone has just said, you write it down.
e.g. The idea has been going around in my head for quite a while and now I am getting itdown 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.（费力地）吞下；勉强咽下
If youget food or medicinedown, you swallow it, especially with difficulty.
e.g. I bit into a hefty slab of bread and cheese. When I had got itdown 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. 从...下来;写下：getdown to开始,着手 |getdown从......下来;写下 |get into进入,陷入
2. 写下：get by 通过,经过 |getdown 写下 |getdown to 开始,着手
3. 使沮丧：66.down with打倒,放下 |getdown使沮丧 |getdown to开始认真做
4. (从...)下来：get back回来 |getdown从......下来 |getdown on sth.对......产生反感,开始不喜欢
药太苦了，吞不下去。
Let's strip away the cant and get down to bedrock.咱们少说漂亮话，多谈实质问题吧。
He got down to his work after the holidays.度假之後他开始专心工作。
He jotted down a note for her and then left.他匆匆为她写下了一个条子然后离开了。
Wash the dry cake down with tea.用茶把乾蛋糕咽下去。
I hate to have to choke down these pills.我讨厌不得不费力地去咽下这些药片。
Susan was completely weighed down by the stress of examinations.苏珊被考试的压力压垮了。
It is likely that she will be crushed down by the bad news.很可能她会被这可悲的消息压垮。
I think you will like to get down to work now.我想现在你要认真着手工作。
They set out to drive a well to get well water.他们着手凿井取水。
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。
get down to the post office pronto!马上去邮局！
I'm going to get down to studying English this term.这学期我要认真学英语了.
Let's get down to the nitty - gritty . Who's going to pay for the renovations 'uff1f咱们来说点实际的吧, 谁来付维修费?
Let's stop chewing the fat and get down to work.让我们停止聊天儿,着手工作吧.
I really must get down to some study.我的确必须开始认真学点东西.
We get down at the next station.我们在下一站下车.
Let's get down to cases.咱们谈实质问题吧.
Let's get down to realities.我们考虑实际问题吧.
Let's get down to a practicaldiscussion.让我们认真地讨论吧.
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。
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。
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。
Come on boys , let's cut out the monkey business and get down to work.各位, 别胡闹了,快办正事.
Her back was aching from having to get down in order to put things in and out of the bottom drawer.由于必须弯下腰来从最下面的抽屉中把东西拿进拿出,她腰酸背痛了.
