英语词汇“do away with”的读音、翻译、释义、用法及例句-青年旅行网

词汇

do away with

释义

Idiom

do away with someone or something

Theme: MURDER

to kill someone or some creature; to dispose of someone or something.

The crooks did away with the witness.I was there, too. I hope they don't try to do away with me.

Idiom

do away with someone or something

Theme: DISPOSAL

to get rid of someone or something; to dispose of someone or something.

This chemical will do away with the stain in your sink.The time has come to do away with that old building.

Idiom

do away withdo away with (someone)

to remove someone from a position or job.

Blake was disliked by everyone in the office, and Morse did away with him by firing him.

Phr V

do away with

does, doing, did, done

do away with sth

to get rid of something, or to stop using something

These ridiculous rules and regulations should have been done away with years ago.

do away with sb

informal to kill someoneoften reflexive

I tried to do away with myself but I couldn't.

phrasedo away with1. do away with sth to get rid of something or stop doing or using something: The government has done away with free eyes tests for everyone. There is a new computer that does away with the keyboard - you control it using your voice.■ SIMILAR TO: get rid of2. do away with sb informal to murder someone: No one had seen Mr Potter for a while, and my father joked that perhaps his wife had done away with him.■ SIMILAR TO: do in informal, bump off informal, murder

do away with (someone, something, or oneself)

1. To stop or eliminate something. The company had to do away with free lunches in order to save money. You can do away with your walking boot now—the X-rays show that your foot is completely healed.

2. To kill oneself, someone, or something. I did away with the informant, boss, don't worry—he'll never talk to the police again.

do away with (oneself)

Euph. to commit suicide. The doctor was afraid that Betty would do away with herself. I wouldn't think of doing away with myself.

do away with something

to get rid of something. This chemical will do away with the stain in your sink. The time has come to do away with that old building.

do away with

1. Make an end of, eliminate. For example, The town fathers have decided to do away with the old lighting system.

2. Demolish, destroy, kill, as in The animal officer did away with the injured deer lying by the side of the road. In the 13th century both usages were simply put as do away, the with being added only in the late 1700s.

do away with

1. To make an end of; eliminate.

2. To destroy; kill.

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