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

• I wish they'd do away with these complicated tax forms.
  我希望他们能费除掉这些复杂的税务表格。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Do I have to do away with my habit?
  我是不是得改掉我的习惯。
• If it pulled out of the single market, it could do away with annoying labour directives.
  如果脱离单一市场的话，英国能摆脱恼人的劳工指令。
• 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。
• As such, I'd do away with any federal money going to religious organizations.
  因此，我愿意做任何宗教组织联邦准备钱了。
• He tried to do away with the obsolete regulations.
  他试图废除近时的规则。
• We're trying to do away with the death penalty.
  我们正设法废除死刑。