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1. PHRASE 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. 处理掉某物; 摆脱掉某物

The owner needs to get rid of the car for financial reasons. 出于经济原因，车主需要处理掉这辆车。

2. PHRASE If you get rid of someone who is causing problems for you or who you do not like, you do something to prevent them from affecting you anymore, for example by making them leave. 摆脱掉某人; 撵走某人

He believed that his manager wanted to get rid of him for personal reasons. 他认为他的经理出于个人原因想要撵走他。

3. V-T If you rid a place or person of something undesirable or unwanted, you succeed in removing it completely from that place or person. 使 (某地、某人) 摆脱

The proposals are an attempt to rid the country of political corruption. 这些提议是使该国摆脱政治腐败的一种尝试。

4. V-T 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. 使 (自己) 摆脱

Why couldn't he ever rid himself of those thoughts, those worries?

为什么他始终摆脱不了那些想法、那些担忧呢？

5. ADJ 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. 摆脱了的[v-link ADJ 'of' n]

The family had sought a way to be rid of her and the problems she had caused them. 这家人寻求了一个摆脱她以及她给他们制造的麻烦的办法。