rid是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为v. (of) 使摆脱， 使去掉，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在乔纳森•斯威夫特的《格列夫游记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- They all swore, 'they knew no more than myself;' but said, 'that the captain' (as they called him) 'was resolved, after they had sold the lading, to get rid of me in the first place where they could discover land.'
-- He took notice of a general tradition, 'that Yahoos had not been always in their country; but that many 346 Gulliver's Travelsages ago, two of these brutes appeared together upon a mountain; whether produced by the heat of the sun upon corrupted mud and slime, or from the ooze and froth of the sea, was never known; that these Yahoos engendered, and their brood, in a short time, grew so numerous as to overrun and infest the whole nation; that the Houyhnhnms, to get rid of this evil, made a general hunting, and at last enclosed the whole herd; and destroying the elder, every Houyhnhnm kept two young ones in a kennel, and brought them to such a degree of tameness, as an animal, so savage by nature, can be capable of acquiring, using them for draught and carriage; that there seemed to be much truth in this tradition, and that those creatures could not be yinhniam-shy (or aborigines of the land), because of the violent hatred the Houyhnhnms, as well as all other animals, bore them, which, although their evil disposition sufficiently deserved, could never have arrived at so high a degree if they had been aborigines, or else they would have long since been rooted out; that the inhabitants, taking a fancy to use the service of the Yahoos, had, very imprudently, neglected to cultivate the breed of asses, which are a comely animal, easily kept, more tame and orderly, without any offensive smell, strong enough for labour, although they yield to the other in agil-ity of body, and if their braying be no agreeable sound, it is far preferable to the horrible howlings of the Yahoos.'
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《艰难时世》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Not that I want to get rid of the child, any more than I want to thtand in her way.
-- At last he made the discovery that to discharge this highly connected female to have it in his power to say, 'She was a woman of family, and wanted to stick to me, but I wouldn't have it, and got rid of her' would be to get the utmost possible amount of crowning glory out of the connection, and at the same time to punish Mrs. Sparsit according to her deserts.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《地心游记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- "That, my dear boy, is nothing, and you will easily get rid of that source of discomfort by bringing the exterior air in communication with the air contained in your lungs."
-- "Yes; all we have to do is to get rid of this paltry obstacle."
在戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯的《查太莱夫人的情人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- But as a matter of fact, it was some old impression of authority on her own mind or soul that she could not get rid of.
-- 'Help us to get rid of our bodies altogether,' said Win-terslow.
-- But he, the keeper, as the day grew, had realized: it's no good!It's no good trying to get rid of your own aloneness.
-- It would be well to be rid of him, clear of him altogether.
-- She al-most wished she could get rid of the child again, and be quite clear.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《小杜丽》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Mr Flintwinch taking kindly to the idea of getting rid of him, and his mother being indifferent, beyond considerations of saving, to most domestic arrangements that were not bounded by the walls of her own chamber, he easily carried this point without new offence.
-- He is a man to be shirked, put off, brow-beaten, sneered at, handed over by this highly-connected young or old gentleman, to that highly-connected young or old gentleman, and dodged back again; he is a man with no rights in his own time, or his own property; a mere outlaw, whom it is justifiable to get rid of anyhow; a man to be worn out by all possible means.'
-- Clennam was glad to be rid of them.
-- My dear child, when we get rid of Uncle, you shall know all about it.
-- Mr Chivery, by some artful exercise of his power of clearing the Lodge, had contrived to rid it of all sauntering Collegians; so that Clennam, coming out of the prison, should find him on duty alone.
在路易莎·梅·奥尔科特的《小妇人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'Beth, if you don't keep these horrid cats down cellar I'll have them drowned,' exclaimed Meg angrily as she tried to get rid of the kitten which had scrambled up her back and stuck like a burr just out of reach.
-- Jo spoke hopefully, but could not rid herself of the fore-boding fear that this 'little trial' would be harder than the others, and that Laurie would not get over his 'lovelornity' as easily as heretofore.
在赫尔曼·梅尔维尔的《白鲸》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- "I am, sir, if it should be positively indispensable to do so; not to be got rid of, that is; which I don't take to be the fact."
-- As such a man, however, was not of much practical use in the ship, especially as he refused to work except when he pleased, the incredulous captain would fain have been rid of him; but apprised that that individual's intention was to land him in the first convenient port, the archangel forthwith opened all his seals and vials devoting the ship and all hands to unconditional perdition, in case this intention was carried out.
-- Queequeg was my own inseparable twin brother; nor could I any way get rid of the dangerous liabilities which the hempen bond entailed.
-- As, blind and deaf, the whale plunged forward, as if by sheer power of speed to rid himself of the iron leech that had fastened to him; as we thus tore a white gash in the sea, on all sides menaced as we flew, by the crazed creatures to and fro rushing about us; our beset boat was like a ship mobbed by ice-isles in a tempest, and striving to steer through their complicated channels and straits, knowing not at what moment it may be locked in and crushed.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《雾都孤儿》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Say four pound, and you've got rid of him for good and all.
在简·奥斯汀的《傲慢与偏见》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Miss Bingley saw, or suspected enough to be jealous; and her great anxiety for the recovery of her dear friend Jane received some assistance from her desire of getting rid of Elizabeth.
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