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 am I supposed to do without you.
  没有了你，我该怎么办。
• What we supposed to do without you? Win.
  没有你我们该怎么办？赢。
• What would we do without you?
  要没有你我们能做什么？
• 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。
• What are we going to do without him?
  没了他我们还能做什么？
• I don't know what I would do without you.
  真不知道没有你我该怎么办。
• What could I do without you people backing me up?
  我有什么能耐呀，全靠各位撑腰呢！
• Children cannot do without their mothers.
  小孩子不能离开妈妈。
• She's a girl you can't do without.
  她是个你不能没有的女孩。
• 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。