get onto somebody/something

phrasal verbphr v

a) TCCONTACT somebodyspeak/write to SB 和某人说话/写信给某人 informal to speak or write to someone 和〔某人〕说话；写信给〔某人〕

I’ll get onto my lawyer about this.

这事我要问我的律师。

b) FIND OUTlearn about SB 了解某人 informal to find out about someone who has been doing something wrong 发觉，识破〔某人进行不良勾当〕

How did the police get onto him?

警方是怎么发现他的？

c) CHOOSEbe elected 当选 to be elected as a member of a committee, a political organization etc 当选〔委员会、政治组织等〕的成员

She was quite keen to get onto the management committee.

她很想进入管理委员会。

d) SUBJECTtalk about STH 谈论某事 to begin to talk about a subject after you have been discussing something else 开始谈论〔新的话题〕

After a few minutes they got onto the subject of the election.

几分钟后他们谈起了选举这个话题。

e) do STH 做某事 informal to start dealing with something 着手处理

Right, I’ll get onto it straight away.

好吧，我马上着手处理此事。

Examples from the Corpus

get onto • Our guys in Austin are more interested in open systems, and the fastest screaming performance it can get onto a microprocessor.• But we had got onto a subject I do happen to know something about.• You also have to take care if you get onto an older horse afterwards.• The sappers succeeded in getting onto Cu Chi air base and destroyed several helicopters.• The hunt recently fenced off 6 and a half miles of the M40 to stop foxes getting onto it.• Several times the next day I repeated the warning, and again that night as I got onto the bed with him.• They were restored a few hours later, after some local television and newspaper reporters got onto the story.

→ get onto somebody/something at get(PHRASAL VERB)

词汇	get onto somebody/something
释义	get onto somebody/something get onto somebody/something phrasal verbphr v a) TCCONTACT somebodyspeak/write to SB 和某人说话/写信给某人 informal to speak or write to someone 和〔某人〕说话；写信给〔某人〕 I’ll get onto my lawyer about this. 这事我要问我的律师。 b) FIND OUTlearn about SB 了解某人 informal to find out about someone who has been doing something wrong 发觉，识破〔某人进行不良勾当〕 How did the police get onto him? 警方是怎么发现他的？ c) CHOOSEbe elected 当选 to be elected as a member of a committee, a political organization etc 当选〔委员会、政治组织等〕的成员 She was quite keen to get onto the management committee. 她很想进入管理委员会。 d) SUBJECTtalk about STH 谈论某事 to begin to talk about a subject after you have been discussing something else 开始谈论〔新的话题〕 After a few minutes they got onto the subject of the election. 几分钟后他们谈起了选举这个话题。 e) do STH 做某事 informal to start dealing with something 着手处理 Right, I’ll get onto it straight away. 好吧，我马上着手处理此事。 Examples from the Corpus get onto • Our guys in Austin are more interested in open systems, and the fastest screaming performance it can get onto a microprocessor.• But we had got onto a subject I do happen to know something about.• You also have to take care if you get onto an older horse afterwards.• The sappers succeeded in getting onto Cu Chi air base and destroyed several helicopters.• The hunt recently fenced off 6 and a half miles of the M40 to stop foxes getting onto it.• Several times the next day I repeated the warning, and again that night as I got onto the bed with him.• They were restored a few hours later, after some local television and newspaper reporters got onto the story. → get onto somebody/something at get(PHRASAL VERB)
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