生活英语|to get something off the ground 启动，开始

在英语里，除去用start来表示开始、启动以外，大家还可以用to get something off^{1 the ground2来形象地描述使一件事情开始或使其成功进行。就像盖房屋，只有把地基打好了，才能顺利地加盖楼层。}

例句

Were going^{3 to have to work hard to get this business4 off the ground.}

大家下面得努力工作，才能顺利地开始做这门买卖。

I wanted to open a restaurant, but I just couldnt get enough investment^{5 to get it off the ground.}

我曾是想开家饭店，但因为没获得足够的资金故没能成型。

Its not easy to get a project^{6 off the ground, the first few7 weeks are really important8.}

要把一个项目做成功绝不是易事，开始的几周时间至关要紧。