do without

柯林斯词典

do without (doing,did,done,does)

• 1. PHRASAL VERB If you do without something you need, want, or usually have, you are able to survive, continue, or succeed although you do not have it. 没有…也行

  We can't do without the help of your organization. 我们不能没有你们机构的帮助。

• 2. PHRASAL VERB If you say that you could do without something, you mean that you would prefer not to have it or it is of no benefit to you. 宁愿不要; 没有好处[非正式]

  He could do without her rhetorical questions at five o'clock in the morning. 他不愿她早晨5点就问他那些无须回答的问题。

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