get down

基本解释

He climbed to the top of the tree and then became afraid to get down.
他爬到了树顶上，接着却害怕再爬下来。
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Once we get down to the oil, it usually flows to the surface because great pressure, either from or water, is pushing it.
一旦到达油层，石油就会由于地下巨大的压力流到地面上来，这种巨大的压力来自地下天然气或水。
Many of us take the time to customize these options, because we have certain preferences for what we like to see when we first get down to browsing.
我们当中的许多人可能都会去自定义这些选项，因为我们在每次坐下来浏览互联网的时候都有自己喜欢想要去浏览的东西。

You get down to brass tacks when you say, "it sounds good, but how much does it cost?"
Since people are always talking, ideas get down stuff each other and then eventually, someone starts making something, and then we're done.
交流顺畅了，就会摩擦出智慧的火花，最终有人会着手实践新点子，这样就行了。
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To get down to it, you have to cut away what is not true, what is inflated, beside the point, excess, ornament.
更直接点，你们要去掉不真实的，除了这点还有膨胀的，过量的和装饰的。
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John Kerry may have trouble telling jokes, but he knows how to get down to serious business.
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If something gets you down, it makes you unhappy.
If you get down, you lower your body until you are sitting, kneeling, or lying on the ground.