Eradicate
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GRE TOEFL
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[编辑] 解释
[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- v. 根除; 扑灭
- ［英］ v. 根除 ( to tear out by the roots; uproot) ; 扑灭 ( exterminate, destroy)
- ［记］ e+radic ( 根) +ate -> 根出来 -> 根除
- ［同］ 同根词: radical ( 基本的) ; radix ( 根本) 派生词: eradication （n. 根除, 消灭）
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
transitive verb (-cated; -cating)
- Etymology: Latin eradicatus, past participle of eradicare, from e- + radic-, radix root — more at root
- Date: 1532
- 1. to pull up by the roots
- 2. to do away with as completely as if by pulling up by the roots <programs to eradicate illiteracy>
- Synonyms: see exterminate
- ? eradicable adjective
- ? eradication noun
- ? eradicator noun
