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

• A strict and complex system must be taken to root out the enormous waste caused by administrative expenditure as soon as possible.
  我国行政管理支出中所造成的巨大的浪费，要从制度上加以杜绝，首先必须尽快建立一整套严格、细致的“绿色采购”制度。
• Can you root out some good players for the team?
  你能为队里物色几个优秀选手吗？
• He was determined to root out corruption in his department.
  他决心铲除他所主管的部门里的腐败现象。
• 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。
• Eg. we must root out the source of this problem.
  我们必须根绝问题的来源。
• MS Campbell has been appointed to root out inefficiency in this company.
  坎贝尔女士已被任命去彻底根除这家公司的低效率。
• We must root out this evil.
  我们要根除这种弊病。
• They must also root out compensation schemes that encourage systemic risk.
  他们还必须铲除那些助长系统性风险的薪酬方案。
• Eg. it is vain to attempt to root out heresy by force.
  试图用暴力消除异端邪说是徒劳的。
• The president vowed to root out corruption.
  总统发誓要根除腐败。