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

• 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。
• Any sort of wrongdoing had to be rooted out.
  必须杜绝任何不道德的事发生。
• Eg. do you think it is possible to root out crime?
  你认为可以根除犯罪吗？
• But they belie a fierce ambition and an obsession to root out injustice on Wall Street and beyond.
  但诙谐的表象下面潜藏着的是巴拉拉根除华尔街内外所有不公的强烈抱负和执着信念。
• Tony Blair last night tightened his grip on Labour mps with new powers to root out troublemakers.
  昨晚，托尼·布莱尔利用新赋予的权力铲除了制造事端者，加强了对工党议员的控制。
• 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。
• 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。
• Eg. we must root out the source of this problem.
  我们必须根绝问题的来源。
• First, you have to root out the people who are checking out or otherwise negatively affecting the organization.
  首先，必须清除那些打算离职或者对公司造成负面影响的人。
• I will root out the sources of evil.
  我要根除邪恶的根源。