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释义

Without


The preposition without means ‘not having something’ or ‘lacking something’:

I can’t drink tea without milk.

I found myself in a strange country, without money and with no one to turn to.

When without is followed by a singular countable noun, we use a/an:

Don’t go out without a hat. It’s very cold.

Not: Don’t go without hat.

Without + -ing form can also mean ‘if someone does not do something’:

I couldn’t get the picture out of the frame withoutbreaking the glass. (if I did not break the glass)



Typical errors


We don’t omit the indefinite article a/an after without + singular countable noun:


How can you live without a telephone nowadays?

Not: … without telephone …


We don’t use without to mean ‘apart from’ or ‘in addition to’:


Apart from my mother tongue, I can speak two other languages.

Not: Without my mother-tongue …


Without has a negative meaning. We don’t use another negative word immediately after it:


The flight was delayed and we had to wait for five hours withoutanything to eat or drink.

Not: … without nothing to eat or drink.



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