uproot

英 [ʌp'ruːt] 美[,ʌp'rut]
  • vt. 根除,连根拔起;迫使某人离开出生地或定居处
  • vi. 迁离;改变生活方式

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词态变化


第三人称单数: uproots;过去式: uprooted;过去分词: uprooted;现在分词: uprooting;

中文词源


uproot 连根拔起,背井离乡

比喻用法。

英英释意


1. move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment;
"The war uprooted many people"
2. destroy completely, as if down to the roots;
"the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted"
3. pull up by or as if by the roots;
"uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"

英文词源


uproot (v.)
1590s (implied in uprooted), in the figurative sense, from up (adv.) + root (v.). The literal sense is first recorded 1690s. Related: Uprooted; uprooting.

考试真题


It's hard to uproot deeply held beliefs about cancer screening with scientific data.

出自-2012年12月阅读原文

But for real trees, it's harder to uproot.

2016年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section A

实用场景例句


We decided to uproot and head for Scotland.
我们决定迁往苏格兰。

牛津词典

If I accept the job, it will mean uprooting my family and moving to Italy.
如果我接受了这份工作,那将意味着我得举家搬迁到意大利去。

牛津词典

...the trauma of uprooting themselves from their homes...
背井离乡给他们造成的心灵创伤

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He had no wish to uproot Dena from her present home.
他没想过让德娜离开现在的家去别处居住。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

They had been forced to uproot their vines and plant wheat.
他们已被迫将葡萄藤连根拔除,改种小麦。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...fallen trees which have been uprooted by the storm.
被暴风雨连根拔起、倒伏在地上的树木

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Our task was to uproot weeds.
我们劳动的任务是铲除杂草.

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How do they persuade players to uproot at a young age?
他们又是怎样说服那些年轻的孩子们离家出走 呢 ?

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If the Maoists'political goals seem unattainable, analysts warn they will be easy to uproot, either.
虽然毛派的政治目的似乎难以达成, 但分析家警告说,他们也不容易根除.

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To take the new job he had to uproot his whole family and settled abroad.
他为接受新的工作不得不举家迁居,在国外重新安家.

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Ancients temporarily lose their fortified armor when they uproot, becoming medium armor units.
所有的古树在拔起时失去他们的建筑护甲而变成中型护甲.

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She doesn't want to uproot herself.
她不愿离乡背井.

辞典例句

Let poisonous weeds sprout, then uproot them and plough them under for manure.
毒草让它出来, 然后锄掉,锄倒可以作肥料.

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The family decided to uproot themselves and emigrate to Australia.
他们全家决定离开故土,移居澳大利亚.

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To uproot and replant ( a growing plant ).
移植挖起后重新种植 ( 生长中的植物 )

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Whthin seconds a tornado can uproot trees.
几秒钟内,龙卷风就能连根拔起大树.

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We must uproot our bad habits.
我们必须彻底去掉我们的坏习惯.

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Time required to uproot a tree is about a minute.
将一株树连根拔除需要一分钟左右.

辞典例句

These can uproot trees and bring about'kutcha'houses.
这类风能将树连根拔起,能让房屋倒塌.

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This wisdom is strong enough to uproot mona ( wrong view ) with atapi, sati, and sampajanna.
具足精进 、 正念、正知→此智是强到足以拔除邪见的.

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For it would be fire that consumes to Abaddon, And would uproot all my increase.
伯31:12这本是火焚烧、直到毁灭 、 必拔除我所有的家产.

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He also appealed to Baghdad to help uproot the PKK from northern Iraq.
他还呼吁巴格达帮助其清除占据在伊拉克北部的库尔德工人反动党.

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Past life one day, finally, nails were uproot a whole.
日子一天一天过去, 最后, 钉子全被拔光了.

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If weeds grow, we uproot them.
你草长, 我就锄.

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A bad habit once contracted takes a very long time to uproot ( or root up ).
坏习惯一旦养成,需要很长的时间才能 根除.

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The trunk of an elephant is powerful enough to uproot trees.
大象的长鼻强壮得足以将树木连根拔起.

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The gens attempted to uproot the entire conjugal system of the period by its direct action.
氏族组织曾打算采取直接行动根除这个时期流行的整个同居制度.

辞典例句

I will uproot from among you your Asherah poles and demolish your cities.
14我必从你中间拔出木偶.又毁灭你的城邑.

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Maintenance is to apply fertilizer, to uproot grasses and to irrigate it.
经营就是施肥 、 锄草和灌溉.

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