英语词汇“eradicate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

WORD ORIGINeradicate

Origin:

1400-1500 Latin past participle of eradicare ‘to pull out by the root’, from radix ‘root’

VERB TABLE

eradicate

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	eradicate
	he, she, it	eradicates
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	eradicated
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have eradicated
	he, she, it	has eradicated
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had eradicated
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will eradicate
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have eradicated

Continuous Form
Present	I	am eradicating
	he, she, it	is eradicating
	you, we, they	are eradicating
Past	I, he, she, it	was eradicating
	you, we, they	were eradicating
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been eradicating
	he, she, it	has been eradicating
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been eradicating
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be eradicating
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been eradicating

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

He spoke about what is necessary to eradicate AIDS.
The disease has been eradicated from the Western world through the use of vaccines.
Their aim is to eradicate child poverty in the country within 10 years.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

All over the world, the spread of the globalized monoculture is forcefully eradicating ecosocial forms of culture that evolved in place.
But this study is designed to determine if, under the right conditions, the virus can be eradicated.
Do you genuinely and sincerely investigate customer complaints and try to eradicate the causes?
In the early 1980s the military began destroying entire villages in an attempt to eradicate civilian support for Leftist guerillas.
Only when this point is reached will the unemployment in the economy have been eradicated.
The advice often given is to dip heavily-populated rocks in boiling water to eradicate the pest.
The effectiveness of a procedure can, however, also be defined as its ability to eradicate tumour locally.
This does not eradicate the distinctiveness of each religion's approach.

THESAURUS► remove

to make something no longer exist, especially something that was causing problems: · Some stains are difficult to remove with ordinary washing powder.· All the obstacles to an agreement have now been removed.

► get rid of somebody/something

to remove someone or something that you do not want. Get rid of is much more common than remove in everyday English, but is usually only used in active sentences: · They managed to get rid of all the weeds.· It was almost impossible to get rid of him.

► eliminate

to completely get rid of something that you do not want, especially because it is unnecessary or causing problems: · If you book online, this eliminates the need for a ticket.· The new system will help to eliminate costly delays.

► eradicate

to completely get rid of a disease or a problem: · The disease has been eradicated from most of Europe.· Street crime has almost been eradicated.

► delete

to remove something that has been written on a computer, or stored in a computer: · Do you want to delete this file?· Press 3 to delete the messages on your answerphone.

► erase

to remove recorded sounds or pictures from a tape, or writing from paper: · Shall I erase this video?· It’s better to cross out a mistake than to try to erase it.

► cut

to remove a part from a film, book, speech etc: · The most violent scenes were cut.· Parts of his original speech were cut.

Longman Language Activatorto get rid of something that is causing problems► get rid of

to remove or deal with something that is causing you trouble, such as an illness or a problem: · I can't seem to get rid of this cold.· We've cleaned the carpet twice, but still can't get rid of the smell.· Weedaway is a safe and natural way to get rid of weeds coming up in the garden.

► abolish

to officially end a law, legal right, or system, especially one that has existed for a long time: · The unpopular tax was finally abolished some ten years ago.· He served over 27 years in prison for fighting to abolish white-only rule.

► scrap

to end a system, law etc, or to decide not to use a plan that you were intending to use: · Plans to build a new airport have been scrapped because of lack of funding.· The president's proposal to scrap the program has angered many members of Congress.

► ditch

to get rid of something because you do not need it: · Investors ditched stocks that were performing badly.· Brumfeld apparently ditched the car near Texarkana and fled into the woods.

► do away with

to get rid of something so that it does not exist any more: · San José State University is doing away with its business school and department of journalism.· All countries in the region should commit themselves to doing away with weapons of mass destruction.

► eradicate

to completely get rid of something such as a disease, a social problem, or something that causes these things: · The disease has been eradicated from the Western world through the use of vaccines.· Their aim is to eradicate child poverty in the country within 10 years.

► eliminate

to completely get rid of something that is unnecessary or unwanted: · Traffic police intend to eliminate congestion caused by illegally parked vehicles.· Advances in medical science have eliminated the need for many patients to spend long periods of time in hospital.

► root out

to completely and thoroughly get rid of something that is causing you problems, especially by trying to make sure the causes of it are found and stopped: root out something: · The new president has promised to root out high level corruption.root something out: · Wherever we find waste and incompetence we will root it out.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► attempt

· In the early 1980s the military began destroying entire villages in an attempt to eradicate civilian support for Leftist guerillas.· Throughout this period, an increasing emphasis was placed on tight monetary policy in an attempt to eradicate inflation.

► disease

· This aid would also have to be continued in the longer term in order to totally eradicate certain diseases.· The editorial also took the position that isolation would not eradicate the disease.· The aim is to eradicate the disease for good.· Malcolm Dean on the all-out bid to kill off elephantiasis History in the breaking How do you eradicate a disease?

► pylori

· Demanding oral triple therapy eradicates H pylori in up to 96% of patients treated but does have considerable side effects.· Bismuth has also become popular in recent years as a treatment in peptic ulcer to eradicate Helicobacter pylori.· Omeprazole monotherapy merely suppressed bacterial colonisation, especially in the antral region, and eradicated H pylori in individual cases only.· It therefore seems justified to recommend amoxicillin/omeprazole as the treatment of choice to eradicate H pylori in H pylori related gastroduodenal diseases.

VERB► try

· Do you genuinely and sincerely investigate customer complaints and try to eradicate the causes?· Under Anne, High Churchmen became preoccupied with trying to eradicate the practice of occasional conformity.· It is what management and business schools try to eradicate through education and training.