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

• 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。
• 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。
• He weed out one by one the book he do not want.
  他把不想要的书一本一本丢掉。
• These features will quickly weed out the non-hackers who do not want to play right.
  这样的特性能够很快的淘汰那些不想公平玩游戏的非黑客玩家。
• When we first started using forced rankings, I thought it really helped weed out the poor performers.
  当我们开始使用的时候。我想他确实能够帮助我们开除掉一些低绩效的员工。
• 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。
• 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。
• As to western culture, we should absorb the good while weed out the bad.
  对待西方文化，我们应取其精华，去其糟粕。
• They encourage internal competition as the way to weed out the weakest.
  他们鼓励内部竞争，从而淘汰组织的残兵败将。
• It's a way to weed out candidates, but companies know that students are still going to apply.
  这是一种铲除求职者的途径，但是公司知道学生仍然会申请职位。