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

• It's difficult for old people to do away with their old ideas.
  要老人们根除他们的老观念是很难的。
• 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。
• We decided to do away with our old cooker and buy a new one.
  我们决定扔掉旧的厨灶，买一个新的。
• I want them to do away with this barbarous custom.
  我希望他们废除这种野蛮的习俗。
• It's time to do away with workplace policies that belong in a Mad Men episode.
  是时候远离类似《广告狂人》某一集里的工作场所政策了。
• 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。
• 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。
• They all want to do away with racial discrimination.
  他们都想消灭各族歧视。
• 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。
• My horse will not truly improve until I do away with gadgets and domination and return to quiet, consistent, patient training.
  我的马不会真正提高，直到去掉这些器具和控制，重新回到安静，连贯，有耐心的训练中。