每日一词学英语(93): dispense with

1898年的今天，第一个汽车广告问世。The Winton Motor Carriage Company places a magazine advertisement cajoling readers to “dispense with a horse.” It’s the earliest known automobile ad. 汽车公司在杂志上做广告，劝读者“弃马从车”。（July 30, 1898: Car Ads Get Rolling）

dispense with sb/sth: to stop using sb/sth because you no longer need them or it 免除，省却，无需。同义词：do away with
*Debit cards dispense with the need for cash altogether.
*The new invention has dispensed with much labour.
*I think we can dispense with the formalities (= speak openly and naturally to each other).
*I wish he would dispense with the pleasantries and get to the point.

dispense有分发、配药、实行、免除等意思，及物动词；也有特许，豁免的意思，不及物动词。