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without

/with-out, with-/US // wɪðˈaʊt, wɪθ- //UK // (wɪˈðaʊt) //

没有,无,不需要,没有的话

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Definitions

prep.介词 preposition
  1. 1
    • : with the absence, omission, or avoidance of; not with; with no or none of; lacking: without help; without shoes; without her helping me; without him to help.
    • : free from; excluding: a world without hunger.
    • : not accompanied by: Don't go without me.
    • : at, on, or to the outside of; outside of: both within and without the house or the city.
    • : beyond the compass, limits, range, or scope of: whether within or without the law.
adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : in or into an exterior or outer place; outside.
    • : outside a house, building, etc.: The carriage awaits without.
    • : lacking something implied or understood: We must take this or go without.
    • : as regards the outside; externally.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the outside of a place, region, area, room, etc.
conj.连词 conjunction
  1. 1
    • : Midland and Southern U.S. unless.

Phrases

  • without a leg to stand on
  • without a stitch on
  • without batting an eye
  • without doubt
  • without fail
  • without further ado
  • without question
  • without so much as
  • absent without leave
  • do without
  • get along without
  • go without saying
  • no smoke without fire

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Without it, they say, the disease would surely kill her within two years.

  • Most often, the doctrine is invoked by minors seeking an abortion without parental consent.

  • The research literature, too, asks these questions, and not without reason.

  • Then they came up against a police patrol on mountain bicycles, which again led to more shooting, without injuries.

  • I remember all our music appeared on Spotify overnight, without anybody asking us.

  • He held it, but it was without pressure; without recognizance of the delight with which he once grasped it.

  • Sol laughed out of his whiskers, with a big, loose-rolling sound, and sat on the porch without waiting to be asked.

  • She had listened—she had listened intently, looking straight out of the window and without moving.

  • Without preface, he abruptly asked, what had been told him of the Duke of Wharton's behaviour the preceding night.

  • Nevertheless the evening and the night passed away without incident.