eradicate
verbto destroy or get rid of something completely, especially something bad synonym wipe out根除;消滅;杜絕 - eradicate something
Diphtheria has been virtually eradicated in the United States. 在美國白喉幾乎已經絕迹。 - eradicate something from something
We are determined to eradicate racism from our sport. 我們決心要杜絕體育競技活動中的種族歧視現象。
Extra ExamplesThese insects are very difficult to eradicate. 這些昆蟲很難滅絕。 Effective action is needed to eradicate terrorism, drug-trafficking and corruption. 需要采取有效行動根除恐怖主義、販毒和腐敗。 Smallpox had been completely eradicated from the world. 天花已經從世界上徹底根除了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- completely
- entirely
- totally
- …
- try to
- help (to)
- be difficult to
- …
- from
- an attempt to eradicate something
- an effort to eradicate something
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘pull up by the roots’): from Latin eradicat- ‘torn up by the roots’, from the verb eradicare, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + radix, radic- ‘root’.- eradicate something