| 单词 | dispense with |
| 释义 | dispense withSEE SYNONYMS FOR dispense with ON THESAURUS.COM Manage without, forgo, as in We can dispense with the extra help. Shakespeare had this idiom in Timon of Athens (3:2): “Men must learn now with pity to dispense.” [c. 1600] Get rid of, do away with, as in The European Union is trying to dispense with tariff barriers. [Late 1500s] Exempt one from a law, promise, or obligation, as in He asked the court to dispense with swearing on the Bible. This usage originally applied to religious obligations (to which the Pope granted dispensation). [Early 1500s] Words nearby dispense withdispensationalism, dispensator, dispensatory, dispense, dispenser, dispense with, dispensible, dispensing optician, dispeople, dispermous, dispermy The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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