do away with

短语
大学

废除, 弄死

发音

AU

词形变化

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释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To abolish; to put an end to; to eliminate.

    习语 非正式 及物

    She tried to do away with the argument by changing the topic.

    The criminals tried to do away with the evidence before the police arrived.

    She’s working hard to do away with negative thinking.

    For no nearness in space, no closeness of relations, no daily intimacy, can do away with the inexorable laws which give the adept his seclusion.

  2. 2.

    To have someone killed.

    委婉 习语 非正式 及物

    He plotted to do away with his rival.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 3

eliminate extinguish get rid of

上位词 2

destroy destruct

下位词 10

cut except drown exclude prune extinguish take out obliterate rationalize omit