extirpate 详细解释

extirpate

['ekstə:peit]

v.根除,除尽,灭绝

词形变化

形容词: extirpative | 名词: extirpation | 动词过去式: extirpated | 动词过去分词: extirpated | 动词现在分词: extirpating | 动词第三人称单数: extirpates |

词义辨析

同义参见:

extract  exterminate  eradicate  uproot  

英英释义

动词 extirpate:

destroy completely, as if down to the roots

同义词:uproot, eradicate, root out, exterminate

pull up by or as if by the roots

同义词:uproot, deracinate, root out

surgically remove (an organ)

补充

extirpateextirpate英:[ˈekstəpeit] 美:[ˈɛkstɚˌpet]vt.1.消灭, 灭绝2.根除

例句

1. to extirpate an unwanted hair拔除不要的毛发 2. to extirpate the smoking habit戒除吸烟习惯 3. to extirpate disease and poverty根除疾病和贫穷 4. to extirpate a tumour摘除肿瘤 5. those who tried to extirpate Christianity.那些企图消灭基督教的人。 6. Such ingrained behavior can never be completely extirpated. [=eradicated]这种痼习不可能彻底根除。