英语词汇“to do without”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

1. intransitive.

a. To manage without; to dispense with.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > relinquishing > casting or laying aside > [verb (intransitive)] > not take or take up

to do without ——1645

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1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 11 Som heroick magistrat, whose mind..dares lead him both to know and to do without their frivolous case-putting.

1713 J. Addison Cato ii. vi Come 'tis no matter, we shall do without him.

1849 J. Ruskin Seven Lamps Archit. vii. 189 But there are some things which..all the real talent and resolution in England, will never enable us to do without.

1861 J. S. Mill Utilitarianism ii. 22 Happiness is done without involuntarily by nineteen-twentieths of mankind.

1884 W. C. Smith Kildrostan i. ii. 238 I daresay..you did without a frock, Until those debts were paid.

1903 H. James Ambassadors i. iii. 26 He detained her as pleadingly as if he had already..learned to be unable to do without her.

1997 D. Hansen Sole Survivor xviii. 202 She could do without butter, or meat, and had enough essential foodstuffs to get by.

b. colloquial. one can do without: one would prefer not to have or deal with.

ΚΠ

1935 M. Anderson Winterset ii. 83 I interrupt a love scene, I believe. We can do without your adolescent mawkishness.

1968 P. Ustinov Halfway up Tree i. 28 Lesley and I can do without your sarcasm.

1980 A. E. Fisher Midnight Men vii. 78 He could do without unfavourable weather reports.

1997 SPIN July 55/1 Although I could do without his NAMBLA involvement, there is no doubt that Ginsberg was one of the greats.

2. intransitive. With prepositional object implied by the context: to manage without something.

ΚΠ

1779 F. Burney Diary Feb. in Diary & Lett. (1891) I. 135 Never mind, my dear,—ah, you'll do without,—you want no rules.

1899 R. Whiteing No. 5 John St. 75 His one principle of conduct is to do without.

1951 Panama Canal Rev. 3 Aug. 9/3 Zonians..need no longer do without—just because the commissaries are closed.

2004 Opera Now Mar. 31/1 Verrett does not absolutely reject the use of portamento..but mostly prefers to do without.

单词	to do without
释义	> as lemmas to do without —— to do without —— 1. intransitive. a. To manage without; to dispense with. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > casting or laying aside > [verb (intransitive)] > not take or take up to do without ——1645 pass1902 1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 11 Som heroick magistrat, whose mind..dares lead him both to know and to do without their frivolous case-putting. 1713 J. Addison Cato ii. vi Come 'tis no matter, we shall do without him. 1849 J. Ruskin Seven Lamps Archit. vii. 189 But there are some things which..all the real talent and resolution in England, will never enable us to do without. 1861 J. S. Mill Utilitarianism ii. 22 Happiness is done without involuntarily by nineteen-twentieths of mankind. 1884 W. C. Smith Kildrostan i. ii. 238 I daresay..you did without a frock, Until those debts were paid. 1903 H. James Ambassadors i. iii. 26 He detained her as pleadingly as if he had already..learned to be unable to do without her. 1997 D. Hansen Sole Survivor xviii. 202 She could do without butter, or meat, and had enough essential foodstuffs to get by. b. colloquial. one can do without: one would prefer not to have or deal with. ΚΠ 1935 M. Anderson Winterset ii. 83 I interrupt a love scene, I believe. We can do without your adolescent mawkishness. 1968 P. Ustinov Halfway up Tree i. 28 Lesley and I can do without your sarcasm. 1980 A. E. Fisher Midnight Men vii. 78 He could do without unfavourable weather reports. 1997 SPIN July 55/1 Although I could do without his NAMBLA involvement, there is no doubt that Ginsberg was one of the greats. 2. intransitive. With prepositional object implied by the context: to manage without something. ΚΠ 1779 F. Burney Diary Feb. in Diary & Lett. (1891) I. 135 Never mind, my dear,—ah, you'll do without,—you want no rules. 1899 R. Whiteing No. 5 John St. 75 His one principle of conduct is to do without. 1951 Panama Canal Rev. 3 Aug. 9/3 Zonians..need no longer do without—just because the commissaries are closed. 2004 Opera Now Mar. 31/1 Verrett does not absolutely reject the use of portamento..but mostly prefers to do without. extracted from dov. < as lemmas
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