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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• We must do away with superstition [ these old customs].
  我们必须破除迷信[这些旧习俗]。
• 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。
• If you want to do away with dependence on Russia you need a 20-year plan.
  如果要脱离对俄罗斯的依赖，需要制定一个为期20年的计划。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。