do away with

英 [duː əˈweɪ wɪð]

美 [duː əˈweɪ wɪð]

消除; 终止; 废除; 杀死; 干掉; 自杀

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 消除;终止;废除
  Todo away withsomething means to remove it completely or put an end to it.
  1. The long-range goal must be to do away with nuclear weapons altogether.
     远期目标必须是将核武器尽数销毁。
• PHRASAL VERB 杀死;干掉;自杀
  If one persondoes away withanother, the first murders the second. If youdo away with yourself, you kill yourself.
  1. ...a woman whose husband had made several attempts to do away with her.
     一个被丈夫几次三番下毒手的女人

英英释义

verb

• terminate, end, or take out
  1. Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics
  2. Socialism extinguished these archaic customs
  3. eliminate my debts
  Synonym:extinguisheliminateget rid of

双语例句

• We're trying to do away with the death penalty.
  我们正设法废除死刑。
• Usually the insect eaters are helpful to man, because they do away with harmful insects such as mosquitoes.
  吃昆虫的动物通常都有益于人类，因为它们消灭诸如蚊虫之类的害虫。
• These bad habits are hard to do away with.
  这类恶习很难超拔。
• We should do away with all fetishes and superstitions and emancipate the mind.
  我们应该破除一切迷信，解放思想。
• Do I have to do away with my habit?
  我是不是得改掉我的习惯。
• Do away with the bad habits that might damage your health.
  去掉那些有可能损害你健康的坏习惯。
• I'm going to do away with these clothes.
  我准备把这些衣服处理掉。
• Let's do away with all ceremonies.
  客套都免了吧。
• Surely it is impossible to do away with the trials of the college-application process altogether.
  当然，要取消大学申请过程中设置的一道道考验是不可能的。
• They would soon decide to do away with all those different species of trees and animals.
  会计师们很快会做出消灭一切不同树种和动物种群的决定。