do without

读音：[du wiðaut]

没有 ... 也行, 无需

例句与用法：

If we can't afford a car, we'll just have to do without (one).

我们要是买不起汽车，也就只好不用(汽车)了。

I'm afraid you can't do without fuel.

我看没有燃料恐怕不行。

I could have done without being (ie I wish I hadn't been) woken up at 3 o'clock in the morning.

其实用不着在清晨3点钟就把我叫醒吧。

He can't do without (the services of) a secretary.

他不能没有秘书(的协助).

1. 没有……也行

This is something I can do without.

我没有这东西也行。

2. 戒绝; 摒弃

He can't do without cigarettes for one day.

他一天烟也戒不掉。

do without

读音：[du wiðaut]

没有 ... 也行, 无需

例句与用法：

If we can't afford a car, we'll just have to do without (one).

我们要是买不起汽车，也就只好不用(汽车)了。

I'm afraid you can't do without fuel.

我看没有燃料恐怕不行。

I could have done without being (ie I wish I hadn't been) woken up at 3 o'clock in the morning.

其实用不着在清晨3点钟就把我叫醒吧。

He can't do without (the services of) a secretary.

他不能没有秘书(的协助).

1. 没有……也行

This is something I can do without.

我没有这东西也行。

2. 戒绝; 摒弃

He can't do without cigarettes for one day.

他一天烟也戒不掉。

do without

词义辨析：

同义参见:

abstain  forgo  spare   do withoutdo without
1.翻译：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。

do without
1.翻译：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.翻译：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.翻译：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.翻译：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.翻译：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.翻译：没有；缺少；没有…而凑合过去；没有…也能行

见:do 1: do without

do without

动词 do well:

act in one's own or everybody's best interest

同义词：had best