do without(sth)
—phrasal verbwithdoverbuk/də//du//duː/us/də//du//duː/did|done
B2
tomanagewithout having something
凑合，应付，将就
There's nomayonnaiseleft, so you'll just have to do without.蛋黄酱用完了，恐怕你只得将就着不用它了。
Thank you, Kate, we can do withoutlanguagelike that(= we don'twanttohearyouroffensivelanguage).谢谢你，凯特，其实用不着跟我们那样说话。
- Being on thecommitteeis oneinvolvementI could do without.
- He's anintegralpartof theteamand we can't do without him.
- I don'tknowwhat I'd have done without Lizzie when I wasill- she was anabsolutetreasure.
- We can'taffordtofixthecarthismonth, so Iguesswe'll need to do without it for a fewweeks.
- Surely you can do withouttelevisionfor aweek?