do without
phrasal verbdo without (somebody/something)
- to manage without somebody/something
没有…也行;没有…而设法对付过去 - She can't do without a secretary.
她不能没有秘书。 - If they can't get it to us in time, we'll just have to do without.
如果他们不能及时给我们拿来,我们就只好将就了。 - do without doing something (ironic) I could have done without being (= I wish I had not been) woken up so early.
我本可以不被吵醒的。
- She can't do without a secretary.