1.“root up”的变体
1.to find something bad or illegal and get rid of it
2.The variant of root up
1.For I say unto you, Joshua: it is not on account of the godliness of this people that you shall root out the nations.
约书亚，我要对你说：不是因为这百姓的虔诚使你将诸国赶除。
2.Such talk is revolutionary even on the right, which has done little over the years to trim France's benefit culture or to root out fraud.
该言论即使在右翼也是前所未闻——多年来他们在整顿法国的福利文化或是铲除救济金诈骗方面所做甚少。
3.In the 1960s, Paul was caught up in the Cultural Revolution, a chaotic attempt to root out elements seen as hostile to Communist rule.
上世纪60年代，保罗·克鲁克陷入文化大革命之中，一场旨在根除被视为共产党敌对分子的大动乱。
4.But just when James starts to question his role and decides to wash out, Burke taps him for a special assignment to root out a mole.
但是，正当詹姆斯开始对自己的职责产生怀疑、并决定退出培训时，伯克委派给他一项特殊任务--去根除一名“鼹鼠”（即长期潜伏的双重间谍）。
5.However, as anyone who has wrestled with a persistent case of athlete's foot knows, it's not easy to root out a fungus once it's taken hold.
不过，一直与脚癣做斗争的所有人都知道，一旦被真菌沾上想根除它谈何容易。
6.And to root out of his mind the idea of caste superiority, he cleaned a pariah's house with his long and neglected hair.
为了发现自己头脑内是否有种姓优越感的想法，他用长长的，被忽视的头发清理一个贱民的房间。
7.Unable to live with the feeling that he might have been defrauded, Mr Koch threw money at a team of investigators to root out the truth.
科赫先生整日惴惴不安，怀有可能被骗的感觉，就花重金请来一组调查员帮他挖出真相。
8.Two months ago, the Vatican instructed bishops that they must make it a global priority to root out sexual abuse of children by priests.
两个月前，梵蒂冈向主教们发出指令，必须将根除神父虐童现象作为全球的主要工作。
9.Besides, it's a fair bet that managers do not root out unauthorized trades unless they lose the company money.
此外，经理人通常不会完全禁止未经授权的交易，除非公司出现损失，这其实也是一种赌博行为。
10.How do you know if someone really loves you? Believe it or not, technology developed to root out criminals may help answer the question.
你如何确定对方是不是真的爱你呢？信不信由你，原本为了发现罪犯而开发的技术也许可以帮助你找到答案。