To extirpate weeds is not only to destroy their visible parts but also to pull them out by the roots. 除草不光要弄掉它们可以看见的部分并且要把它们的根拔起。
In at least one instance, a researcher predicts that global warming will extirpate one species from an entire region within15 years. 至少有一例,是研究者预测全球暖化在未来15年内将把某一物种完全铲除。
America hoped that the Nuremberg trials would demonstrate the abhorrence in which the world held the Nazi system, and bring home to the German people America's determination to extirpate that system forever. 纽伦堡审判时,美国人它能展示全世界对纳粹制度的憎恶,并向德国人传递一个信息:美国决心永远根除纳粹制度。
Extirpate \Ex"tir*pate\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Extirpated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Extirpating}.] [L. extirpatus, exstirpatus, p. p. of extirpare, exstirpare; ex out + strips stock, stem, root.] To pluck up by the stem or root; to root out; to eradicate, literally or figuratively; to destroy wholly; as, to extirpate weeds; to extirpate a tumor; to extirpate a sect; to extirpate error or heresy.
Syn: To eradicate; root out; destroy; exterminate; annihilate; extinguish.