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。
• I want them to do away with this barbarous custom.
  我希望他们废除这种野蛮的习俗。
• 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。
• You are horrified at our intending to do away with private property.
  我们要消灭私有制，你们就惊慌起来。
• I'm going to do away with these clothes.
  我准备把这些衣服处理掉。
• 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。
• It would be nice to do away with all the paperwork that is usually involved.
  要是能把平常要做的文书工作全都废除掉，那该有多好。
• 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。
• They all want to do away with racial discrimination.
  他们都想消灭各族歧视。
• We're trying to do away with the death penalty.
  我们正设法废除死刑。