开始认真对待 meaning in English

get down to sth

Let us get down to fundamentals .
让我们开始认真对待问题的根本。
Let us get down to fundamentals and agree that the young are after all human beings -- people just like their elders .
让我们开始认真对待问题的根本，并承认青年人也是人与他们的长者完全一样的人。
As a region we have hardly come to grips with this question yet
在整个地区，我们几乎还没有开始认真对待这个问题。
There are signs the americans are starting to get serious about climate change , but it is unlikely that concrete measures limiting carbon dioxide emissions will be agreed on
有迹象表明，美国已开始认真对待气候变化问题，但各国在限制二氧化碳排放量的具体措施上不大可能达成一致。
It was not the late 1990s that the government stepped in to bail out the banking system , and it only got serious about banks tackling their bad loans after 2002 ? 12 years after the bubble burst
直到90年代末政府才开始着手整治银行系统， 2002年后，才开始认真对待银行业的坏账? ?已是泡沫破裂12年后了。