extirpate
美音:
[´ekstə´peıt
]英音:
[´ekstə´peıt
]vt.消灭,根除,毁灭,摘除(肿瘤等)
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形容词:extirpative 名词:extirpation 动词过去式:extirpated 过去分词:extirpated 现在分词:extirpating 第三人称单数:extirpates
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extirpate
/'ekstəpeɪt; `ɛkstɚ,pet/
v [Tn] (fml 文) remove or destroy (sth) completely 根除或铲除(某事物)
*extirpate social evils 根除社会弊端 *extirpate dissent, opposition, etc 清除异端、对立面等.
extirpate
v [T]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin;Origin: exstirpatus, past participle of exstirpare, from stirps 'root']
formal to completely destroy something that is unpleasant or unwanted