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1. PHRASE When you get rid of something that you do not want or do not like, you take action so that you no longer have it or suffer from it. 處理掉某物; 擺脫掉某物

The owner needs to get rid of the car for financial reasons. 出于經(jīng)濟(jì)原因，車主需要處理掉這輛車。

2. PHRASE If you get rid of someone who is causing problems for you or who you do not like, you do something to prevent them from affecting you anymore, for example by making them leave. 擺脫掉某人; 攆走某人

He believed that his manager wanted to get rid of him for personal reasons. 他認(rèn)為他的經(jīng)理出于個人原因想要攆走他。

3. V-T If you rid a place or person of something undesirable or unwanted, you succeed in removing it completely from that place or person. 使 (某地、某人) 擺脫

The proposals are an attempt to rid the country of political corruption. 這些提議是使該國擺脫政治腐敗的一種嘗試。

4. V-T If you rid yourself of something you do not want, you take action so that you no longer have it or are no longer affected by it. 使 (自己) 擺脫

Why couldn't he ever rid himself of those thoughts, those worries?

為什么他始終擺脫不了那些想法、那些擔(dān)憂呢？

5. ADJ If you are rid of someone or something that you did not want or that caused problems for you, they are no longer with you or causing problems for you. 擺脫了的[v-link ADJ 'of' n]

The family had sought a way to be rid of her and the problems she had caused them. 這家人尋求了一個擺脫她以及她給他們制造的麻煩的辦法。