If you are rid of someone or something that you did not want or that caused problems for you, they are no longer with you or causing problems for you.
The family had sought a way to be rid of her and the problems she had caused them.
这家人已经找到了一个办法摆脱她以及她给他们制造的麻烦。
get rid of something
When you get rid of something that you do not want or do not like, you take action so that you no longer have it or suffer from it.
The owner needs to get rid of the car for financial reasons.
出于经济原因,车主需要处理掉这辆车。
get rid of someone
If you get rid of someone who is causing problems for you or who you do not like, you do something to prevent them from affecting you anymore, for example by making them leave.
He believed that his manager wanted to get rid of him for personal reasons.
他认为他的经理出于个人原因想要撵走他。
rids , ridding , rid
If you rid a place or person of something undesirable or unwanted, you succeed in removing it completely from that place or person.
free
The proposals are an attempt to rid the country of political corruption.
这些提议是使该国摆脱政治腐败的一种尝试。
If you rid yourself of something you do not want, you take action so that you no longer have it or are no longer affected by it.
Why couldn't he ever rid himself of those thoughts, those worries?
为什么他始终摆脱不了那些想法、那些担忧呢?