uproot

• 动词，表示把某物连根拔起；也用于比喻义，指使某人离开熟悉的环境或处境。

A verb used to indicate the act of pulling something out by the roots, or metaphorically, to remove someone from a familiar environment or situation.

1. Pull out by the rootsB2formal

   To remove a plant from the ground by pulling up its roots.

   连根拔起

   • The storm uprooted several large trees in the park.
   • Gardeners carefully uprooted the weeds from the flowerbed.
   • They had to uproot the old bushes to make space for new ones.

   同义词deracinateextirpategrub uppull uproot out

   反义词plantroot

2. Displace or relocate forciblyB2formal

   To force someone to leave their home or native environment and move to a new, often unfamiliar, place.

   被迫迁移

   • The war uprooted thousands of families from their villages.
   • Economic hardship uprooted many people from rural areas to cities.
   • They were uprooted from their homeland and sent to a foreign country.

   同义词banishderacinatedisplaceevictexileexpeloustrelocate

3. Eradicate or destroy completelyC1formal

   To remove or eliminate something entirely, as if pulling it out from its foundation.

   根除

   • The new policy aims to uproot corruption from the system.
   • They worked tirelessly to uproot all traces of the old regime.
   • It took years to uproot the deeply ingrained prejudice in the community.

   同义词annihilatederacinateeliminateeradicateexterminateextirpateobliterateroot out

   反义词createestablishfoundinstituteplantroot