root out

英 [ruːt aʊt]

美 [ruːt aʊt]

铲除; 清除; 根除; 杜绝; 彻底解决

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 铲除;清除
  If youroot outa person, you find them and force them from the place they are in, usually in order to punish them.
  1. The generals have to root out traitors...
     将军们得把叛国者全部铲除。
  2. It shouldn't take too long to root him out.
     把他铲除掉应该不需要太长的时间。
• PHRASAL VERB 根除;杜绝;彻底解决
  If youroot outa problem or an unpleasant situation, you find out who or what is the cause of it and put an end to it.
  1. There would be a major drive to root out corruption...
     将会有一场根除腐败的大规模运动。
  2. Any sort of wrongdoing had to be rooted out.
     必须杜绝任何不道德的事发生。

双语例句

• Trying to root out rules that overlap and override each other is even a more labor-intensive task.
  尝试根除互相重叠和覆盖的规则甚至是一项更加劳动密集的任务。
• We need to root out racism in the police and army.
  我们必须根除警察或部队里的种族主义。
• The new president has pledged to root out corruption wherever it exists.
  新总统保证要根除所有地方的腐败。
• Comprehensive treatment should be carried out to root out the source for breeding terrorism.
  应实行综合治理，消除滋生恐怖主义的根源。
• The generals have to root out traitors
  将军们得把叛国者全部铲除。
• There would be a major drive to root out corruption
  将会有一场根除腐败的大规模运动。
• I will root out the sources of evil.
  我要根除邪恶的根源。
• We must root out this evil.
  我们要根除这种弊病。
• Eg. we must root out the source of this problem.
  我们必须根绝问题的来源。
• I believe this new approach will help us to root out the abuse of British visas, and improve the integrity of our immigration system.
  我相信新办法将有助于我们根除英国签证滥用现象，并能完善我们的移民制度。