root out

verb

1. pull up by or as if by the roots

e.g. uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden

Synonym: uprootextirpatederacinate

2. destroy completely, as if down to the roots

e.g. the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprootedroot out corruption

Synonym: uprooteradicateextirpateexterminate

1. 铲除;清除
If you root out a person, you find them and force them from the place they are in, usually in order to punish them.

e.g. The generals have to root out traitors...
将军们得把叛国者全部铲除。
e.g. It shouldn't take too long to root him out.
把他铲除掉应该不需要太长的时间。

2. 根除;杜绝;彻底解决
If you root out a problem or an unpleasant situation, you find out who or what is the cause of it and put an end to it.

e.g. There would be a major drive to root out corruption...
将会有一场根除腐败的大规模运动。
e.g. Any sort of wrongdoing had to be rooted out.
必须杜绝任何不道德的事发生。

1. 用鼻拱出：root in 来源于 | root out 用鼻拱出 | root up 根除

2. 根除：rigid adj.严格的 | root out 根除 | sales promotion 促销

3. 根除(某事物)：on the part of or on one's part 由某人做出 | root out 根除(某事物) | blow the whistle (on sth.) 告发,揭发