A hefty dose of self-congratulation about how noble we are.The dose was reduced by 10 mg weekly decrements.
另外一个常用短语是do away with表示“终止、废除”,比如,Sweden was the first European country to print and use paper money, but it may soon do away with physical currencies.瑞典是第一个印刷并使用纸币的欧洲国家,但它可能很快就会废除实物货币。
词源:19th century: from German Chromosom, ultimately from Ancient Greek χρῶμα + σῶμα . Equivalent to chromo- + -some.