deracinate
英 [d?'r?s?ne?t]
美[,di'r?s?net]
- vt. 滅絕，根除；使孤立，使隔絕
GRE
詞態變化
形容詞:?deracinated;
中文詞源
deracinate 使背井離鄉
de-, 損毀，壓去。-rac, 根，來自radicina, 詞源同root. 即損毀其根，使背井離鄉。
英文詞源
- deracinate (n.)
- 1590s, "to pluck up by the roots," from French déraciner, from Old French desraciner "uproot, dig out, pull up by the roots," from des- (see dis-) + racine "root," from Late Latin radicina, diminutive of Latin radix (see radish). Related: Deracinated.
雙語例句
- 1. It is essential first to deracinate preconceived notions.
- 必須首先根除那些先入之見。
來自辭典例句