Front | eradicate |
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Pron | [ɪ'rædɪkeɪt] |
Back | 【eradicate】v.根除;歼灭 Yellow fever has been eradicated in the United States but it still exists in some countries. 黄热病在美国已经根除绝迹,但在一些国家却依然存在。 |
Vocab | eradicatedestroy completely, as if down to the roots
To eradicate something is to get rid of it, to destroy it, and to kiss it goodbye. Eradicate is from the Latin word eradicare meaning "to root out." When you yank that weed up by the roots, it has been eradicated; it's not coming back. Eradicate often means to kill a bunch of somethings, like what you want the poison to do to the roach family and their extended relatives living in your house, and what we thought we did to bedbugs. You can also eradicate corruption, poverty, or diseases. Although there are all kinds of things to get rid of, we usually want to only eradicate the bad things. All forms of 'eradicate' will appear on average once every 1489 pages. ineradicable eradicable eradicate eradication eradicator |
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