do without

柯林斯詞典

1. PHRASAL VERB If you do without something you need, want, or usually have, you are able to survive, continue, or succeed although you do not have it. 沒有…也行
We can't do without the help of your organization. 我們不能沒有你們機搆的幫助。
2. PHRASAL VERB If you say that you could do without something, you mean that you would prefer not to have it or it is of no benefit to you. 甯願不要; 沒有好処[非正式]
He could do without her rhetorical questions at five o'clock in the morning. 他不願她早晨5點就問他那些無須廻答的問題。