eradicate

英 [ɪ'rædɪkeɪt] 美 [ɪ'rædɪkeɪt]

• vt. 根除；根绝；消灭

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 根除
2. 消灭，扑灭，歼灭
3. 消除
4. 去掉
5. 破坏
6. 杜绝
7. 摧毁
8. 摆脱
9. 扑减

英英释义

Verb:

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"
   "root out corruption"
   

例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. He eradicated weeds in his garden.
   他把花园中的杂草根除了。
2. They attempted to eradicate crime.
   他们力图根除罪恶。
3. The disease has now been successfully eradicated from the world.
   这种疾病已经成功地从世界上根除了。
4. Smallpox has almost been eradicated.
   天花几乎已经被消灭了。

经典引文

• The Government has a fundamental..interest in eradicating racial discrimination in education.

  出自：New York Times

近反义词

【近义词】

• exterminate 消灭
• eliminate 除去
• remove 消除
• get rid of 摆脱
• wipe out 消灭
• destroy 破坏
• do away with 废除，去掉
• stamp out 踩灭
• extirpate 根除
• uproot 连根拔起
• annul 废除
• of 关于
• rid 摆脱
• get 得到
• extinguish 熄灭
• root out 根除
• decimate 毁掉大部分
• annihilate 消灭
• carry off 带走