phrasal verbphr vDOto do something that you have been intending to do for some time 终于去做〔一直想做的事〕
I meant to phone her yesterday, but I never got around to it.
我本打算昨天给她打电话的,可一直没有时间。
get around to doing something
We finally got around to clearing out the garage.
我们终于把车库清理了。
Examples from the Corpus
get around to • We never got around tobuying a quilt, although Selina knows feathers make me sneeze.• Once I finally got around tofinding a definition, I see that it was never any such thing.• I suppose I could get around to it myself in time.• Perhaps he ought to remember those days and get around toliving up to the promise he made to the last Toryconference.• Probably because no one ever got around tostarting one.• Somehow, they never got around to thinking about it.
get around to doing something• It was a year before he finally got around to unpacking his books.• Finally, it also is tangiblesatisfaction when I get around to using it because I remember the work put into it.• I suppose I could get around to it myself in time.• Once I finally got around to finding a definition, I see that it was never any such thing.• Perhaps he ought to remember those days and get around to living up to the promise he made to the last Tory conference.• Probably because no one ever got around to starting one.• Somehow, they never got around to thinking about it.• We never got around to buying a quilt, although Selina knows feathers make me sneeze.