weed out

英 [wiːd aʊt]

美 [wiːd aʊt]

清除; 剔除; 淘汰

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 清除;剔除;淘汰
  If youweed outthings or people that are useless or unwanted in a group, you find them and get rid of them.
  1. He is keen to weed out the many applicants he believes may be frauds...
     他急于剔除那些他认为是冒牌货的申请人。
  2. A small group of neo-Nazis have infiltrated the ranks. We must weed them out as soon as possible.
     队伍中混入了一小撮新纳粹分子，我们必须尽快将其清除。

英英释义

verb

• remove unwanted elements
  1. The company weeded out the incompetent people
  2. The new law weeds out the old inequities
  Synonym:comb out

双语例句

• We must weed out the traitors in our midst!
  我们必须清除我们中间的叛徒！
• As part of their hiring processes, some companies give personality tests that seem designed to weed out introverts.
  比如，许多公司在招聘过程中进行的个性测试似乎存心就是为了淘汰内向性格的人而设。
• Read over your composition and weed out every sentence that is not about the subject.
  把你的作文再念一遍，把与主题无关句子统统删去。
• So you have to make things rough for them weed out the weenie trees early on.
  所以你得把它们的生长环境变得艰苦些，尽早淘汰那些弱不禁风的树。
• Scoop the blanket weed out and use it to line hanging baskets
  把那些丝状水藻捞出来，垫在吊篮里。
• It might keep them honest and it might weed out the incorrigible ones.
  或许会让他们老实点，说不定还可以清除掉那些死不悔改的法官。
• But I think it's a golden opportunity to really think about what is important in your life, and weed out the things that don't really matter.
  但是我认为这是一个千载难逢的机会，让你认真思考你的生活中什么是重要的，并剔除那些不要紧的东西。
• The inbred females are apparently able to weed out sperm from kin that would lead to less fit offspring.
  显然，近亲繁殖的雌性能够剔除来自近亲的精子，以免造成不够健康的后代。
• Carefully we examined each of the copies to weed out the soiled ones& another effort that required hours.
  我们仔细检查每一本杂志，把沾染了污迹的剔除掉&这同样需要花费数小时。
• Weed out traitors from the army.
  肃清军队中的汉奸分子。