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do withoutdo without1.■没有…也行, 将就, 用不着I can do without your advice.我不需要你的忠告。We shall do without a holiday this summer.今年夏天我们不能有假日了。No one can do without sleep for very long.谁也不能很久不睡觉。We can certainly do without John poking his nose in every five minutes.我们当然不需要约翰每隔五分钟就来干扰我们一下。Mother says she could do without the children making so much noise.母亲说她受不了孩子们的大声吵闹。

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do without1.■不干(某事)；不吃；不用；缺乏，没有：In her work she cannot do without a computer.她工作不能没有电脑。2.■没有…而设法对付过去，没有…也行，没有…也无妨：A car is something we can't do without.没有汽车我们是不行的。We'll just have to do without a car until they fix it.在他们把汽车修理好之前，我们只好没有汽车而设法对付过去。3.■将就，设法对付过去：We haven't enough money to buy a new apartment, so we'll just have to do without.我们没有足够的钱买一套新公寓房间，所以只好将就了。The store doesn't have any, so you'll have to do without.商店里什么都没有，所以你只好将就了。4.■希望没有，用不着，不要[与 can， could 连用，常含有厌恶之意]：I can do without your advice, if you don't mind.要是你不介意，我用不着你的劝告。5.■放弃，摒弃，省掉：During the flood we had to do without luxuries.水灾期间我们不得不舍弃奢侈品。We'll just have to do without for a while.我们只好暂时省掉。6.■没有；缺少；没有…而凑合过去；没有…也能行

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