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 must do away with superstition [ these old customs].
  我们必须破除迷信[这些旧习俗]。
• They all want to do away with racial discrimination.
  他们都想消灭各族歧视。
• That city has decided to do away with overhead wires.
  那个城市决定取消架在空中的电线。
• 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。
• Now, so there will be no misunderstanding, it's not my intention to do away with government.
  所有不要误解，我的目的不是废除政府。
• The ringing became more severe. I talked more freely to do away with the feeling.
  耳鸣变得更厉害了，与感觉不同的是，我说话更加自如。
• Do I have to do away with my habit?
  我是不是得改掉我的习惯。
• I'm going to do away with these clothes.
  我准备把这些衣服处理掉。
• When people have not got so much money they can do away with more ornamental ideas.
  手头没那么多钱的时候，人们可以不在乎那些装饰性的东西。
• 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。