Disappearing and Making things disappear

涂于德

Disappearing and Making things disappear


do away with explain away fade away pass away throwaway

Our medicines have not done away with' disease.
All of this can, of course, be explained away for other reasons.
The sun's warmth began to fade away.
She passed away2 within three weeks of her sister and mother.
30 million tonnes of 1refuse are thrown away in the UK.
   + LANGUAGE COMMENT
1 Eliminate is a more formal word for do away with.
2 You use pass away when you want to avoid saying the word 'die'.