rid
v. (使)去掉,摆脱,消除
adj. 摆脱…的
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.
The owner needs to get rid of the car for financial reasons...
因为经济原因,车主必须把汽车处理掉。
There's corruption, and we're going to get rid of it...
存在贪污腐败现象,我们将予以清除。
If you get rid of someone who is causing problems for you or who you do not like, you do something to prevent them affecting you any more, for example by making them leave.
He believed that his manager wanted to get rid of him for personal reasons...
他认为经理是出于个人原因想开除他。
You seem in rather a hurry to get rid of me.
看起来你急于想摆脱我。
If you rid a place or person of something undesirable or unwanted, you succeed in removing it completely from that place or person.
The proposals are an attempt to rid the country of political corruption...
这些提议试图使这个国家摆脱政治腐败。
The new vaccine may rid the world of one of its most terrifying diseases.
这种新疫苗可能会消除世界上最可怕的一种疾病。
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.
Why couldn't he ever rid himself of those thoughts, those worries?
为什么他总是无法摆脱那些想法和担忧?
...the country's efforts to rid itself of poverty and hunger.
该国为了消除贫困和饥饿而作出的努力
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.
The family had sought a way to be rid of her and the problems she had caused them.
这家人已经找到一个方法摆脱她以及她给他们带来的问题。
If you say that someone is well rid of someone, you think it is good that the person has gone because you did not like them or you think they caused a lot of problems.
It seems to me your wife was a shallow woman and you're well rid of her.
在我看来你妻子是一个浅薄的女人,幸好你离开了她。
1. relieve from;
be well rid of
摆脱,除掉(讨厌的事物或人而)情况转好
get rid of
除掉,摆脱(讨厌的事物或人)
The more the boss tries to get rid of her, the more she digs in.
老板越是想开除她, 她就越是拼命保住自己的地位.
She is rid of fever.
她不发烧了.
He hoped to get rid of the pain in what was left of his knee.
他希望祛除膝盖处的疼痛.
They swore that they would rid the country of its military rulers.
他们发誓要为国家除掉军事统治者.
He latched onto us and we couldn't get rid of him.
他缠着我们,甩也甩不掉.