to stop doing or having sth; to make sth end 废除；取消；结束 SYN abolish
He thinks it’s time we did away with the monarchy.
他认为我们该废除君主制了。
The long-range goal must be to do away with nuclear weapons altogether.
远期目标必须是将核武器尽数销毁。
If one person does away with another, the first murders the second. If you do away with yourself, you kill yourself. [V P P n] [Also V P P pron-refl] [Informal]
//…a woman whose husband had made several attempts to do away with her.
一个被丈夫几次三番下毒手的女人