参考词典中root out的常规释义:
基本释义
- v.用鼻拱出,发现
根除、肃清(坏事物)
英英解释
2个动词解释
- pull up by or as if by the roots
[同] deracinate, extirpate, root out, uproot
[例]- uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden
- destroy completely, as if down to the roots
[同] eradicate, exterminate, extirpate, root out, uproot
[例]- the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted
- root out corruption
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