a)go about somethingDO to start to do something 开始做某事
I want to learn German but I don’t know the best way to go about it.
我想学德语,但我不知道怎么样学最好。
go about doing something
The leaflet tells you how to go about making a will.
小册子上写明了如何立遗嘱。
b)go about somethingDO to do something in the way that you usually do 〔以通常的方式〕做某事
The villagers were going about their business as usual.
村民们像往常一样各自忙碌着。
She went about her preparations in a quiet businesslike way.
她安安静静、认认真真地做着准备。
c)British EnglishBrETTW if a ship goes about, it turns to go in the oppositedirection 〔船〕掉头行驶
Examples from the Corpus
go about• The next morning, she went about her business as if nothing out of the ordinary had happened.• The old man hummed to himself as he went about his gardening.• I'm thinking about changing careers, but I don't quite know how to go about it.• How would you go aboutreorganizing the kitchen?
going about their business• It was unforgivable, the butcherdeclared, a cretinous act that had stopped honest people going about their business.• More police officers visibly going about their business is the most commonly advancedsolution to streetcrime.• In the crowded streets of the capital it is hard to tell whether people are going about their business or simply wandering.