weed out

英 [wiːd aʊt]

美 [wiːd aʊt]

清除; 剔除; 淘汰

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 清除;剔除;淘汰
  If youweed outthings or people that are useless or unwanted in a group, you find them and get rid of them.
  1. He is keen to weed out the many applicants he believes may be frauds...
     他急于剔除那些他认为是冒牌货的申请人。
  2. A small group of neo-Nazis have infiltrated the ranks. We must weed them out as soon as possible.
     队伍中混入了一小撮新纳粹分子，我们必须尽快将其清除。

英英释义

verb

• remove unwanted elements
  1. The company weeded out the incompetent people
  2. The new law weeds out the old inequities
  Synonym:comb out

双语例句

• As part of their hiring processes, some companies give personality tests that seem designed to weed out introverts.
  比如，许多公司在招聘过程中进行的个性测试似乎存心就是为了淘汰内向性格的人而设。
• He is keen to weed out the many applicants he believes may be frauds
  他急于剔除那些他认为是冒牌货的申请人。
• We check all our equipment regularly to weed out ageing wires.
  我们定期检查所有设备，换掉老化电线。
• He said last year that he would weed out weaker businesses and has already closed or sold 19.
  去年他曾表示将砍掉较弱的业务部门，迄今他已关闭或出售了19个业务部门。
• In June the board and the GAC at last agreed on a procedure to weed out unwanted domains.
  六月，董事会和政府咨询委员会（GAC）最终达成一致，将除掉不需要的域名。
• We must weed out the traitors in our midst!
  我们必须清除我们中间的叛徒！
• Developers should specify filtering rules to weed out data they do not want.
  开发人员应该指定筛选规则来清除他们不想要的数据。
• Please help me to weed out those yellow flowers that keep growing among the onions.
  请帮我拔去长在洋葱中间的那些黄花。
• Carefully we examined each of the copies to weed out the soiled ones& another effort that required hours.
  我们仔细检查每一本杂志，把沾染了污迹的剔除掉&这同样需要花费数小时。
• Read over your composition and weed out every sentence that is not about the subject.
  把你的作文再念一遍，把与主题无关句子统统删去。