eradicate

• vt. 根除，根绝；消灭

e-, 向外。-rad, 根，词源同radish, root.即连根拔起，根除。

1. kill in large numbers;

"the plague wiped out an entire population"

2. destroy completely, as if down to the roots;

"the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted"

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.

It is eradicating the tough aspects of management.

出自-2011年6月阅读原文

A study by Mannaz, a leadership development company, suggests that, while the bully-boy chief executive of old may not have been eradicated completely, there is a definite shift in emphasis towards less tough styles of management – at least in America and Europe.

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And surely we will aim to finally eradicate disease and poverty.

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Humanity has the necessary agro-technological tools to eradicate hunger, from genetically engineered crops to artificial fertilizers.

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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。

柯林斯例句

These insects are very difficult to eradicate.

这些昆虫很难根除.

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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.

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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.

辞典例句

Their goal was to eradicate smallpox.

他们奋斗的目标是消灭天花.

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An example of negative eugenics would be the attempt to eradicate a harmful recessive gene.

消极优生学的范例是试图破坏一种对人体有害的隐性基因.

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Together , these technologies rapidly detect and eradicate food - borne pathogens.

这些技术可迅速检测并清除病原体.

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It a disease which threatens to eradicate them all.

这种病毒将威胁并彻底根除他们.

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They help eradicate disease, expand food production and increase longevity.

它们帮助消除疾病, 扩大粮食生产,延长人寿命.

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This helps eradicate the practice of eating from the same big pot.

这样一来就消除了通常称作吃“大锅饭”的局面.

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The bad phenomenon is engrained , and will be hard to eradicate.

现在这种坏现象已经是蔓草难除了.

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Current treatment aims to eradicate it when it first appears.

目前的治疗目的是一旦首次出现,就必须彻底清除.

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It is said that scabies is hard to eradicate.

听说癞疮是很不容易根治的.

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It is to eradicate poverty and ensure a better life for all.

那就是根除贫困,确保广大民众过上更好的生活.

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Do you really think that security companies want to eradicate hackers?

或者我是否可以直接问这个问题?

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