1. do sth. forbidden or illegal and escape without punishment 做壞事而逃避或不受責備懲罰
Not many criminals get away with their crimes. 沒有多少罪犯能逃之夭夭。
You can't be rude to everyone and expect to get away with it forever. 你不能對每個人都蠻橫無理而且想永遠都不會受到懲罰。
Those who lie and cheat will never get away with it. 那些撒謊和欺騙別人的人決不會逃得過懲罰。
Half the excuses she gives are not true, but she always seems to get away with,them. 她的借口一半都是假的,但她似乎總是沒有受到責備。
He is constantly late for work,and yet nothing is ever said to him. I don't know how he gets away with it. 他上班經常遲到,竟然沒有人對他說什麼。我不知道他怎麼會不受到責備。
The child ought to be punished. You shouldnt't let him get away with telling lies. 應該處罰這孩子,不能讓他撒謊而不受懲罰。
You mustn't get away with this!這件事,你不該逃脫罪責。
2. carry off; steal and escape with 攜…潛逃;偷走;搶走
The thief got away with the contents of the safe. 小偷把保險櫃裡的東西偷走了。
The bandits raided the bank and got away with$ 100,000. 暴徒們搶劫了銀行,搶走10萬美金。
The cashier has got away with the takings. 出納員帶著贓款逃跑了。
3. receive a relatively light or negligible punishment of 受到比較輕微的…懲罰
“As it's a first offence,”the solicitor said,“I think she'll get away with a fine. ”律師說:“由于這是初犯,我認為她會得到從輕發落,罰款了事。”