eradicate
英 [ɪ'rædɪkeɪt]
美 [ɪ'rædɪket]
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eradicate 根除e-, 向外。-rad, 根，词源同radish, root.即连根拔起，根除。
- eradicate
- eradicate: [16] Semantically, eradicate is an analogous formation to uproot. It comes from the past participle of Latin ērādicāre ‘pull out by the roots’, a compound verb formed from the prefix ex- ‘out’ and rādix ‘root’ (source of English radical and radish and related to English root). In the 16th and 17th centuries it was often used literally (‘oaks eradicated by a prodigious whirlwind’, Thomas Nabbes, Hannibal and Scipio 1637), but since then the metaphorical ‘remove totally’ has taken over.
=> radish, root - eradicate (v.)
- early 15c., "destroy utterly," literally "pull up by the roots," from Latin eradicatus, past participle of eradicare "to root out, annihilate" (see eradication). Related: Eradicated; eradicating; eradicable.
- 1. They are already battling to eradicate illnesses such as malaria and tetanus.
- 他们已经在努力消灭疟疾、破伤风等疾病。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. These insects are very difficult to eradicate.
- 这些昆虫很难根除.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. It'set out to eradicate heresy, and ended by perpetuating it.
- 它的目的只是要根除异端邪说, 结果却巩固了异端邪说.
来自英汉文学
- 4. The government is making efforts to eradicate racial discriminating.
- 政府正在努力消除种族歧视.
来自辞典例句
- 5. A younger counter staff helps to eradicate the formidable image.
- 启用年轻的柜台职员有助于消除令人生畏的形象.
来自辞典例句
