go without (something)
phrasal verb with go verb uk/ɡəʊ/ us/ɡoʊ/ going | went | gone
C2 没有…而勉强应付;没有…也行;不享受;放弃
to not have something or to manage to live despite not having something
They were poor as children, and sometimes had to go without. 他们童年时非常贫困，有时候只能勉强度日。
I'd rather go without food than work for him. 我宁可饿肚子也不为他工作。
- More examples
- There's no ketchup left, so I'm afraid you'll just have to go without.
- Few people can go without water for more than a week.
- How long can they go without food?
- We'd better make sure we buy enough food, we don't want our guests to go without.
- There were not enough clipboards to go round, so Richard went without.