set about

1. He has set about carving up the company which Hammer created from almost nothing
   他已经开始动手拆分这家几乎是哈默白手起家创办的公司。
2. 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。
3. He had never intended living there after his wife's death and immediately set about trying to make a sale.
   妻子去世后他就不打算住在那里了，因此马上着手要将其卖掉。
4. Undaunted by the scale of the job, Lesley set about planning how each room should look.
   莱斯利并没有被这项浩大的工程所吓倒，开始着手规划每个房间的格局。
5. His wife set about upbraiding him for neglecting the children.
   他妻子开始指责他不照顾孩子。
6. Jirtle and Waterland set about to see if they could change the unfortunate genetic legacy of these little creatures.
   吉透和沃特兰在开始时想看看这些小生物是否能改变这不幸的遗传病。
7. Prince Ivan broke the egg, took the needle out, and set about breaking the point off.
   亲王伊凡打破了，把针，并打破了一点。
8. 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。
9. Now the two set about the arrows do not know what is.
   现在，这两着手箭头不知道是什么。
10. I must set about my packing.
    我得开始收拾行李了。
11. The new government set about dismantling their predecessors'legislation.
    新政府正着手废除其前任所制定的法律。
12. I tried to apologize, but I think I set about it the wrong way.
    我试着道歉，但我认为我表达的方式却错了。
13. How are we going to set about this?
    这事我们如何着手呢？
14. Then Spelke and colleagues set about their three-phase training regime.
    然后，Spelke和同事们开始了他们三个阶段的训练计划。
15. I will set about preparing supper.
    我要开始准备晚饭了。
16. We set about preparing for the party one week ago.
    我们一周前就开始为这个晚会做准备了。
17. 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。
18. 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。
19. On arriving there, they set about doing the experiment.
    一到那儿他们便开始做实验了。
20. He knows how to set about doing these things.
    他知道怎样着手做这些事情。
21. He set about the task with becoming precautions.
    他相信谨慎地着手做这一桩工作。
22. After they had got in the wheat, they set about ploughing.
    他们收了麦子，接着就开始犁地。
23. He sat down at the table and set about his work.
    他坐在桌子前开始工作了。
24. I set about researching the habits of snakes so I could trap them in the easiest way.
    于是我就着手研究蛇的习性，以便能用最简易的方法来捕蛇。
25. 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。
26. The new government must set about finding solutions to the country's economic problems.
    新政府必须立即找出解决国家经济问题的办法。
27. 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。
28. 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。
29. We set about cleaning the house.
    我们着手打扫房子。
30. How do you set about talking the language you are given?
    你是怎样开始讲他人的语言的？

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:    get downbegingetstart outstartset outcommence

2. enter upon an activity or enterprise

   Synonym:    undertakeattempt

3. begin to deal with
   1. approach a task
   2. go about a difficult problem
   3. approach a new project

   Synonym:    go aboutapproach