a)could do with something spokenNEED to need or want something 需要某物,想要某物
I could have done with some help this morning.
今天早上我本需要人來幫一下忙。
b)have/be to do with somebody/somethingCONNECTED WITH to be about something, be related to something, or be involved with something 與某人/某事物有關,與某人/某事物有聯系
Their conversation had been largely to do with work.
他們的談話大部分是有關工作的。
I’m sorry about the accident, but it’s nothing to do with me (=I am not involved in any way).
我對這次意外事故感到很抱歉,但此事與我毫無關系。
This question doesn’t have anything to do with the main topic of the survey.
這個問題與調查的主題毫無關系。
I’m sure her problems have something to do with what happened when she was a child.
我肯定她的問題和她兒時的經歷有一定關系。
c)what to do with yourselfSPEND TIME how to spend your time 怎樣過,如何打發時間
She didn’t know what to do with herself after she retired.
她不知道退休後該如何打發時間。
d)what somebody should do with something/what to do with something etc used to ask or talk about how someone should deal with something 某人對某事該怎麽辦
What shall I do with these papers?
這些報紙我該怎麽處理?
I wouldn’t know what to do with a newborn baby.
我又不懂怎麽帶新生兒。
e)what has somebody done with sth? spoken used to ask where someone has put something 某人把某物放哪裏了?
What have you done with the remote for the TV?
你把電視機遙控器放哪兒了?
f)what is somebody doing with sth?ASK A QUESTION used to ask why someone has something 爲什麽某人拿某物?
What are you doing with my diary?
你拿我的日記本幹什麽?
g)I can’t be doing with somethingBritish EnglishBrE spoken used to say that you are annoyed by something and do not want to have to think about it 這事我不想考慮
I can’t be doing with all this right now.
這些事我現在不想去考慮。
Examples from the Corpus
could do with something• I could do with a change of scenery.• He could do with a warmbed.• And Katherine could do with all the comfort she could get for the illness was slowly and inexorably taking its toll.• We could do with another girl in the chorus.• But the Olympicgoldmedal was so far away from what I thought I could do with my life.• That was nice, she could do with settling.• The governor said he could do with something to eat.• Just imagine what we could do with this idea.
have something to do with• The only editorialguideline was that the subject should have something to do withleisuresoftware for home computers.• Anthony Sampson objected - rather too moderately, I felt - that this might all have something to do withpolitics.• Longevity could have something to do with that.• The $ 55,000-a-night asking price might have something to do with that.• Sho? twondered why that was and suggested that it might have something to do with the mating system.• I am not an expert, but does that question have something to do with the menopause?• It must have something to do with the way the languageheapsnoun upon noun.
what to do with yourself• I don't know what to do with myself.• Once at the top, he had no idea what to do with himself.• Still, it didn't take me long to make up my mindwhat to do with myself.• Wade stopped and waited, not surewhat to do with himself.
what has somebody done with something?• So what has Renault done with the latest version of its supermini?