eradicate

单词音标

eradicate音标[i\'rædikeit]

汉语翻译

vt. 根除, 扑灭, 根绝, 消灭

词型变化

名词:eradication动词过去式:eradicated过去分词:eradicated现在分词:eradicating第三人称单数:eradicates形容词:eradicable

英语解释

动词 eradicate:

kill in large numbers

同义词：eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, wipe out, decimate, carry off

destroy completely, as if down to the roots

同义词：uproot, extirpate, root out, exterminate

例句

They attempted to eradicate crime.

他们力图根除罪恶。

Smallpox has almost been eradicated.

天花几乎已经被消灭了。

He eradicated weeds in his garden.

他把花园中的杂草根除了。

详细解释

e.rad.i.cate

v.tr.（及物动词）

e.rad.i.cat.ed,e.rad.i.cat.ing,e.rad.i.cates

To tear up by the roots.

根除：连根撕碎

To get rid of as if by tearing up by the roots:

清除，扑灭，根绝：象连根拔起一样消灭：

例句：

Their goal was to eradicate poverty.See Synonyms at abolish See Synonyms at eliminate

他们的目标是消除贫困参见 abolish参见 eliminate

来源：

Middle English eradicaten

中古英语 eradicaten

from Latin ôr3doc3re ôr3doc3t-

源自 拉丁语 ôr3doc3re ôr3doc3t-

ô-, ex- [ex-]

ô-, ex- [前缀，表.免除，离开.]

r3dox r3doc- [root] * see wr3d-

r3dox r3doc- [根] *参见 wr3d-

【引伸】

erad.icable

erad.ica.tion

n.（名词）

erad.ica.tive

adj.（形容词）

erad.ica.tor

n.（名词）