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eradicate + noun phrase
The government aims to eradicate poverty.
政府旨在根除贫困。
根除, 扑灭, 根绝, 消灭
eradicating — present participle of eradicate
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根除, 扑灭, 根绝, 消灭
to kill in large numbers; to destroy completely, as if down to the roots
The government aims to eradicate poverty.
政府旨在根除贫困。
彻底摧毁；彻底消除；终结。
To destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to.
eradicate
Base
原形
eradicates
3rd person
第三人称单数
eradicating
-ing
现在分词
eradicated
Past
过去式
eradicated
Past participle
过去分词
They eradicate the disease through vaccination.
他们通过疫苗接种根除这种疾病。
The government eradicated polio last year.
政府去年根除了脊髓灰质炎。
We have eradicated the pest from the area.
我们已经从这个地区根除了害虫。
规则变化及物动词
The government launched a campaign to eradicate polio completely.
政府发起了一场彻底根除脊髓灰质炎的运动。
We must eradicate all forms of discrimination from our society.
我们必须根除社会中的一切形式的歧视。
It is difficult to eradicate invasive species once they become established.
一旦入侵物种繁衍起来，就很难根除它们。
The government aims to eradicate poverty.
政府旨在根除贫困。
We must eradicate corruption from the system.
我们必须根除系统中的腐败。
Not this
The government wants to exterminate poverty.
Use this
The government wants to eradicate poverty.
‘exterminate’ 通常用于消灭害虫或有害动物，而 ‘eradicate’ 用于根除疾病、贫困等抽象事物。
Not this
The programme eradicated.
Use this
The programme eradicated the disease.
‘eradicate’ 是及物动词，不能单独使用，必须跟宾语（被根除的事物）。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
根除贫困
The government launched a new program to eradicate poverty in rural areas.
政府启动了一项新计划，旨在根除农村地区的贫困。
根除疾病
Vaccination campaigns have helped to eradicate smallpox worldwide.
疫苗接种运动帮助在全球范围内根除了天花。
根除腐败
The new law aims to eradicate corruption in the public sector.
新法律旨在根除公共部门的腐败。
解决问题
We need to find a way to eradicate this problem once and for all.
我们需要找到一种办法一劳永逸地解决这个问题。
根除根本原因
Merely treating symptoms will not eradicate the root cause of the issue.
仅仅治疗症状无法根除问题的根本原因。
彻底根除
The species was completely eradicated from the island by invasive predators.
该物种被入侵的捕食者从岛上彻底根除了。
连根拔除
The government pledged to eradicate corruption root and branch.
政府承诺彻底根除腐败。
从地球上消灭
We must work together to eradicate this disease from the face of the earth.
我们必须共同努力，将这种疾病从地球上消灭。
一劳永逸地根除
The new policy aims to eradicate poverty once and for all.
新政策旨在一劳永逸地根除贫困。
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拆解：e-出 + radic根 + -ate动词 → 连根拔起，彻底消灭。
语域：formal 常见场景：environmental policy、public health、social issues 通常用于正式或书面语境，如政策、健康或社会问题的讨论中。
These words share the spelling ending -icate but have stress on the first syllable, while 'eradicate' stresses the second. They are not perfect rhymes but are useful for spelling pattern comparison.
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