do without

英 [duː wɪˈðaʊt]

美 [duː wɪˈðaʊt]

没有…也行; 没有…也能对付过去; 情愿没有; 用不着

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 没有…也行，没有…而设法对付过去
  If youdo withoutsomething you need, want, or usually have, you are able to survive, continue, or succeed although you do not have it.
  1. We can't do without the help of your organisation...
     我们不能没有你们机构的帮助。
  2. We've had a bit more money and that, and the baby doesn't do without.
     我们还有一点钱什么的，婴儿没有这些不行。
• PHRASAL VERB 情愿没有;用不着
  If you say that you coulddo withoutsomething, you mean that you would prefer not to have it or it is of no benefit to you.
  1. He could do without her rhetorical questions at five o'clock in the morning.
     他真不愿早上 5 点就听到她一遍遍地反问。
  2. ...those who love France but can do without the natives...
     喜欢法国却看不上法国人的人们
  3. Like all teenagers there's one thing she'd rather do without — spots.
     和所有十几岁的孩子一样，有一样东西她宁可没有——青春痘。

双语例句

• What are we going to do without him?
  没了他我们还能做什么？
• My dear, what will I do without you?
  亲爱的，没有你我将做什么呢？
• What did you think I would do without you, jonathan?
  你想我没了你会怎么办，詹纳森？
• If there's none left we'll have to do without.
  如果没有剩余的我们就只能将就了。
• I don't know what I would do without you.
  真不知道没有你我该怎么办。
• I just can't think what I'll do without it.
  我简直不能想像没有了它我会怎样。
• Man cannot do without water.
  人短不了水。
• Anything I could do without, but it is can not do without() You!
  我什么都可以没有，但是就是不能没有你！
• Right, you can do without a lot of things but not love.
  对，除了爱情，没有其他很多东西你也照样可以活下去。
• She thought I could do without one bit of love or kindness.
  她觉得对我不该有一点爱和仁慈。