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

• 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。
• Do I have to do away with my habit?
  我是不是得改掉我的习惯。
• 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。
• We're trying to do away with the death penalty.
  我们正设法废除死刑。
• 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。
• We must do away with superstition [ these old customs].
  我们必须破除迷信[这些旧习俗]。
• 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'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。
• We're going to do away with the old shed.
  我们准备清理掉这旧棚子。
• 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。