eradicate
英[?'r?d?ke?t]
美[?'r?d?ket]
- vt. 根除，根絕；消滅
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?eradicates;過去式:?eradicated;過去分詞:?eradicated;現在分詞:?eradicating;名詞:?eradication;
中文詞源
eradicate 根除
e-, 向外。-rad, 根，詞源同radish, root.即連根拔起，根除。
英文詞源
- eradicate
- eradicate: [16] Semantically, eradicate is an analogous formation to uproot. It comes from the past participle of Latin ērādicāre ‘pull out by the roots’, a compound verb formed from the prefix ex- ‘out’ and rādix ‘root’ (source of English radical and radish and related to English root). In the 16th and 17th centuries it was often used literally (‘oaks eradicated by a prodigious whirlwind’, Thomas Nabbes, Hannibal and Scipio 1637), but since then the metaphorical ‘remove totally’ has taken over.
=> radish, root - eradicate (v.)
- early 15c., "destroy utterly," literally "pull up by the roots," from Latin eradicatus, past participle of eradicare "to root out, annihilate" (see eradication). Related: Eradicated; eradicating; eradicable.
雙語例句
- 1. They are already battling to eradicate illnesses such as malaria and tetanus.
- 他們已經在努力消滅瘧疾、破傷風等疾病。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. These insects are very difficult to eradicate.
- 這些昆蟲很難根除.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. It'set out to eradicate heresy, and ended by perpetuating it.
- 它的目的只是要根除異端邪說, 結果卻鞏固了異端邪說.
來自英漢文學
- 4. The government is making efforts to eradicate racial discriminating.
- 政府正在努力消除種族歧視.
來自辭典例句
- 5. A younger counter staff helps to eradicate the formidable image.
- 啟用年輕的柜臺職員有助于消除令人生畏的形象.
來自辭典例句