to set to work on sth

to set to work on sth
15. at work
(at place of employment) 在工作地点；在工作场所
- He's at work at the moment. 他现在正在上班。
- She told her friends at work that she was trying to lose weight. 她告诉她上班的朋友们她正在努力减肥。
(working) 在工作；在干活儿
- Television cameras were invited in to film him at work. 电视台摄像师被请进来拍摄他工作的镜头。
(having an effect) 在起作用；发挥效用
- The report suggested that the same trend was at work in politics. 这份报告表明, 同一趋势也在政治领域产生了影响。
- the powerful economic and social forces at work behind our own actions 主导我们的行为的强大的经济和社会力量
16. to be the work of sb or to be sb's work
(to have been done by sb) (令人不快之事或暴力事件)是某人做的, 由某人负责
- Police suspect the ambush was the work of guerrillas. 警方怀疑这次伏击系游击队所为。
17. to get to work on sth or to go to work on sth or to set to work on sth
(start doing sth) 开始做某事；着手处理某事物
- He promised to get to work on the state's massive deficit. 他承诺着手解决国家庞大的财政赤字问题。
- He returned to America where he set to work on a new novel. 他返回美国, 开始写一部新小说。
See: work

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