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

• 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。
• They would soon decide to do away with all those different species of trees and animals.
  会计师们很快会做出消灭一切不同树种和动物种群的决定。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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're going to do away with the old shed.
  我们准备清理掉这旧棚子。
• 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。
• We're trying to do away with the death penalty.
  我们正设法废除死刑。