uproot

英 [ˌʌpˈruːt]

美 [ˌʌpˈruːt]

v.  将…连根拔起; (使)离开家园(或熟悉的地方等)

过去分词：uprooted　现在分词：uprooting　过去式：uprooted　第三人称单数：uproots　

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牛津词典

verb

• 将…连根拔起
  to pull a tree, plant, etc. out of the ground
• （使）离开家园（或熟悉的地方等）
  to leave a place where you have lived for a long time; to make sb do this
  1. We decided to uproot and head for Scotland.
     我们决定迁往苏格兰。
  2. If I accept the job, it will mean uprooting my family and moving to Italy.
     如果我接受了这份工作，那将意味着我得举家搬迁到意大利去。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使离开久住之处；使迁移他处居住
  If youuproot yourselfor if youare uprooted, you leave, or are made to leave, a place where you have lived for a long time.
  1. ...the trauma of uprooting themselves from their homes...
     背井离乡给他们造成的心灵创伤
  2. He had no wish to uproot Dena from her present home.
     他没想过让德娜离开现在的家去别处居住。
  3. ...refugees who were uprooted during Ethiopia's civil war.
     埃塞俄比亚内战期间离乡背井的难民
• VERB 把…连根拔起；根除
  If someoneuprootsa tree or plant, or if the winduprootsit, it is pulled out of the ground.
  1. They had been forced to uproot their vines and plant wheat.
     他们已被迫将葡萄藤连根拔除，改种小麦。
  2. ...fallen trees which have been uprooted by the storm.
     被暴风雨连根拔起、倒伏在地上的树木
  3. ...uprooted trees.
     被连根拔起的树

双语例句

• Ancients temporarily lose their fortified armor when they uproot, becoming medium armor units.
  所有的古树在拔起时失去他们的建筑护甲而变成中型护甲。
• An elephant can uproot a tree or pick a flower without bruising a petal.
  大象能够拔起大树，或者摘下小花而不损伤花瓣。
• Persuading people to uproot themselves can be a battle.
  说服人们离开自己的家园可能很难。
• The gens attempted to uproot the entire conjugal system of the period by its direct action.
  氏族组织曾打算采取直接行动根除这个时期流行的整个同居制度。
• Persons who illegally cultivate opium poppy or any mother plants of other narcotic drugs but voluntarily uproot them before harvest may be exempted from punishment.
  非法种植罂粟或者其他毒品原植物，在收获前自动铲除的，可以免除处罚。
• Film, his other passion, has led him to uproot his life in London and move his family to New York – a decision which this year was richly rewarded.
  电影是他的另一个爱好，也是他告别伦敦的生活、举家迁来纽约的原因。他的这一决定在今年获得了丰厚的回报。
• Klinsmann has rejected the chance to replace Jose Mourinho because he does not want to uproot from his home in America.
  克林斯曼日前已经拒绝了接替穆里尼奥位置的机会，原因是他不原意放弃美国的家庭。
• He had no wish to uproot Dena from her present home.
  他没想过让德娜离开现在的家去别处居住。
• Earn more money and be able to manage the affairs and uproot any problems!
  希望她赚取更多的钱，能够成功解决难题，铲除一切顽症！
• Sometimes I threaten to uproot and tear down and destroy a nation or a kingdom.
  我一时可对一个民族，或一个国家，决意要拔除，要毁坏，要消灭。