eradicate
🇺🇸 /ɪˈrædəˌkeɪt/
📖 释义
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verb
根除; 连根拔起; 彻底消除
🔗 详情
词形变化
第三人称单数: eradicates
过去式: eradicated
过去分词: eradicated
现在分词: eradicating
常用搭配
eradicate diseaseeradicate povertyeradicate corruptioneradicate a problemeradicate weedseradicate illiteracy
派生词
eradicationeradicatoreradicableeradicative
同义词
eliminateexterminateannihilateobliterateextirpatewipe outdestroy
反义词
createestablishpreserveprotect
易混淆词
extirpate
EN: 'Extirpate' is more literary and often refers to pulling up by the roots (plants, ideas); 'eradicate' is more commonly used in general contexts like disease or social problems.
zh: 'Extirpate' 更具文学色彩,常指连根拔起(植物、思想);'eradicate' 更常用于疾病或社会问题等一般语境。
eliminate
EN: 'Eliminate' is less forceful and can simply mean to remove or exclude; 'eradicate' implies complete and permanent destruction.
zh: 'Eliminate' 语气较轻,仅表示移除或排除;'eradicate' 则意味着彻底且永久的毁灭。
拼写提示
EN: Remember it derives from Latin 'eradicare' (to pull up by the roots, from 'radix' = root). Do not confuse with the rare word 'irradicate,' which means to implant firmly—the opposite sense.
zh: 记住它源自拉丁语 'eradicare'(连根拔起,来自 'radix' = 根)。不要与罕见的词 'irradicate' 混淆,后者意为牢固植入——意思相反。
💬 例句
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The government launched a campaign to eradicate poverty in rural areas.
政府发起了一场消除农村贫困的运动。
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The gardener worked to eradicate the invasive weeds from the flower bed.
园丁努力清除花坛里的入侵杂草。
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Smallpox was the first disease to be eradicated through a global vaccination effort.
天花是通过全球疫苗接种努力被彻底消灭的第一种疾病。