eradicate

界面语言: zh

🇺🇸 /ɪˈrædəˌkeɪt/

📖 释义

  1. 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

  1. 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。

  2. 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。

  3. 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。