uproot
英 [?p'ru?t]
美[,?p'rut]
- vt. 根除，連根拔起；迫使某人離開出生地或定居處
- vi. 遷離；改變生活方式
CET6+TEM4TOEFL低頻詞暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?uproots;過去式:?uprooted;過去分詞:?uprooted;現(xiàn)在分詞:?uprooting;
中文詞源
uproot 連根拔起，背井離鄉(xiāng)
比喻用法。
英文詞源
- uproot (v.)
- 1590s (implied in uprooted), in the figurative sense, from up (adv.) + root (v.). The literal sense is first recorded 1690s. Related: Uprooted; uprooting.
雙語例句
- 1. Work commitments forced her to uproot herself and her son from Reykjavik.
- 她的工作迫使她和兒子從雷克雅未克搬走。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He had no wish to uproot Dena from her present home.
- 他沒想過讓德娜離開現(xiàn)在的家去別處居住。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. They had been forced to uproot their vines and plant wheat.
- 他們已被迫將葡萄藤連根拔除，改種小麥。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. We decided to uproot and head for Scotland.
- 我們決定遷往蘇格蘭。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 5. Time required to uproot a tree is about a minute.
- 將一株樹連根拔除需要一分鐘左右.
來自辭典例句
