eradicate
verbto destroy or get rid of something completely, especially something bad synonym wipe out根除;消灭;杜绝 - eradicate something
Diphtheria has been virtually eradicated in the United States. 在美国白喉几乎已经绝迹。 - eradicate something from something
We are determined to eradicate racism from our sport. 我们决心要杜绝体育竞技活动中的种族歧视现象。
Extra ExamplesThese insects are very difficult to eradicate. 这些昆虫很难灭绝。 Effective action is needed to eradicate terrorism, drug-trafficking and corruption. 需要采取有效行动根除恐怖主义、贩毒和腐败。 Smallpox had been completely eradicated from the world. 天花已经从世界上彻底根除了。
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