eradicate
基本释义
[verb] destroy completely; put an end to
[动词] 彻底摧毁；终结
深入解读
Eradicate 一词源自拉丁语 eradicare （铲除、根除、消灭）的过去分词 eradicatus ，由前缀 e- （无；除去）+词根 radic （根）+后缀 -ate （做，造成，使）构成，15世纪初进入英语后也是用来表示“根除、杜绝、扫除”，多指彻底摧毁或消除疾病、腐败、贫穷、迷信等已经扎根或已经确立的不良事物，就像是杂草拔根一样完全去掉，常用搭配 eradicate sth (from sth) ，比如：
- 如果可以消灭那些单调乏味的工作，世界将会变得更加美好。
If tedious tasks could be eradicated, the world would be a much better place. - 政府声称正尽其所能根治腐败。过去几十年来他们的国家一直饱受政治腐败之苦。
The government claims to be doing all it can to eradicate corruption. Their country has been afflicted by political corruption for decades.
权威用例
十年来，我们经历了对党和人民事业具有重大现实意义和深远历史意义的三件大事：一是迎来中国共产党成立一百周年，二是中国特色社会主义进入新时代，三是完成脱贫攻坚、全面建成小康社会的历史任务，实现第一个百年奋斗目标。
The past decade marked three major events of great immediate importance and profound historical significance for the cause of the Party and the people: We embraced the centenary of the Communist Party of China; we ushered in a new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics; and we eradicated absolute poverty and finished building a moderately prosperous society in all respects, thus completing the First Centenary Goal.
出自党的二十大报告。
文学例句
My fingers had fastened on her hand which lay outside the sheet: had she pressed mine kindly, I should at that moment have experienced true pleasure. But unimpressionable natures are not so soon softened, nor are natural antipathies so readily eradicated.
我紧握住她搁在被头外面的手。要是她和气地握一握我的手，此刻我会由衷地感到愉快，但是顽固的本性不是立刻就能感化的，天生的反感也并非轻易就能消除。
出自英国女作家夏洛蒂·勃朗特（Charlotte Brontë）创作的具有自传色彩的长篇小说《简·爱》（Jane Eyre）。
外刊例句
- Smallpox was officially eradicated in 1980, and no one laments the fate of the virus that caused it; campaigns to save the virus that causes polio are thin on the ground.
天花在1980年被正式消灭，没有人为天花病毒的命运哀叹；也没见人发起过什么运动拯救导致小儿麻痹症的病毒。
——《经济学人》 - Several days later, however, Clinton reversed himself again, saying it was more important to safeguard vital social programs than to eradicate the deficit in the relatively near future.
数天后，克林顿的态度有了180度的转变，说保住重大的社会计划比在较短的时间内消除赤字更为重要。
——《时代周刊》
常见短语
下面是关于”eradicate”的一些短语，每个短语都附带有中文解释：
- Disease eradication – 疾病根除
- Poverty eradication – 扶贫根除
- Weed eradication – 杂草根除
- Pest eradication – 害虫根除
- Crime eradication – 犯罪根除
- Illiteracy eradication – 文盲根除
- Corruption eradication – 腐败根除
- Drug eradication – 毒品根除
- Invasive species eradication – 外来物种根除
- Terrorism eradication – 恐怖主义根除
- Hunger eradication – 消除饥饿
- Racism eradication – 消除种族主义
- Plastic pollution eradication – 塑料污染根除
- Child labor eradication – 消除童工
- Sexual harassment eradication – 消除性骚扰
- Graffiti eradication – 涂鸦根除
- Noise pollution eradication – 噪音污染根除
- Human trafficking eradication – 消除人口贩卖
- Deforestation eradication – 森林砍伐根除
- Gender inequality eradication – 消除性别不平等
- Smoking eradication – 戒烟
- Cybercrime eradication – 消除网络犯罪
- Gang violence eradication – 消除帮派暴力
- Air pollution eradication – 消除空气污染
- Tuberculosis eradication – 结核病根除
- Alcoholism eradication – 戒酒
- Cancer eradication – 癌症根除
- Drug abuse eradication – 毒品滥用根除
- Child marriage eradication – 消除童婚
- HIV/AIDS eradication – HIV/AIDS根除
- Bullying eradication – 消除欺凌
- Human rights violations eradication – 消除人权侵犯
- Digital divide eradication – 消除数字鸿沟
- Pollution eradication – 消除污染
- Drought eradication – 消除干旱
- Child labor eradication – 消除童工
- Illness eradication – 疾病根除
- Terrorist organization eradication – 消除恐怖组织
- Child abuse eradication – 消除儿童虐待
- Humanitarian crisis eradication – 消除人道主义危机
同近义词
eliminate: completely remove or get rid of (something)
exterminate: destroy completely
annihilate: destroy utterly; obliterate
