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

• 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。
• I want them to do away with this barbarous custom.
  我希望他们废除这种野蛮的习俗。
• 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。
• 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。
• They all want to do away with racial discrimination.
  他们都想消灭各族歧视。
• Do I have to do away with my habit?
  我是不是得改掉我的习惯。
• We must do away with superstition [ these old customs].
  我们必须破除迷信[这些旧习俗]。
• 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。
• 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 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。