eradicate

英 [?'r?d?ke?t] 美[?'r?d?ket]

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第三人稱單數(shù):?eradicates;過去式:?eradicated;過去分詞:?eradicated;現(xiàn)在分詞:?eradicating;名詞:?eradication;

eradicate 根除

e-, 向外。-rad, 根，詞源同radish, root.即連根拔起，根除。

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.

1. They are already battling to eradicate illnesses such as malaria and tetanus.: 他們已經(jīng)在努力消滅瘧疾、破傷風(fēng)等疾病。

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(jié)果卻鞏固了異端邪說.

4. The government is making efforts to eradicate racial discriminating.: 政府正在努力消除種族歧視.

5. A younger counter staff helps to eradicate the formidable image.: 啟用年輕的柜臺(tái)職員有助于消除令人生畏的形象.