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uproot sth
本义指连根拔起（植物等），也可引申为“根除、彻底清除”，如 uproot a bad habit。
The storm uprooted the old tree in our yard.
暴风雨把我们院子里那棵老树连根拔起。
连根拔起
uprooting — present participle of uproot
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
连根拔起
pull up by or as if by the roots
The storm uprooted the old tree in our yard.
暴风雨把我们院子里那棵老树连根拔起。
连根拔起；根除；铲除。
To tear up (a plant, etc.) by the roots, or as if by the roots; to extirpate, to root up.
(猪等动物)用鼻子拱土翻找；刨出；搜寻。
Of a pig or other animal: to dig up (something in the ground) using the snout; to rummage for (something) in the ground; to grub up, to root, to rout.
彻底摧毁；根除；消灭。
To destroy (something) utterly; to eradicate, exterminate.
使(某人或某物)离开熟悉的环境,尤指突然且非自愿地。
To remove (someone or something) from a familiar circumstance, especially suddenly and unwillingly.
uproot
Base
原形
uproots
3rd person
第三人称单数
uprooting
-ing
现在分词
uprooted
Past
过去式
uprooted
Past participle
过去分词
Farmers uproot the weeds every spring.
农民们每年春天把杂草连根拔起。
The storm uprooted several old trees.
暴风雨把几棵老树连根拔起。
War has uprooted many families from their homes.
战争使许多家庭背井离乡。
规则动词；本义为“连根拔起”，也常用于比喻义“使背井离乡；根除”。
The storm was so strong that it uprooted several old trees in the park.
暴风雨非常猛烈，将公园里的几棵老树连根拔起。
We need to uproot the weeds before they spread across the whole garden.
我们需要在杂草蔓延到整个花园之前把它们连根拔掉。
They spent the whole afternoon uprooting the bushes to make space for a new fence.
他们花了整个下午把灌木丛连根拔起，以便腾出地方建新围栏。
本义指连根拔起（植物等），也可引申为“根除、彻底清除”，如 uproot a bad habit。
The storm uprooted the old tree in our yard.
暴风雨把我们院子里那棵老树连根拔起。
亦可用被动结构 be uprooted from...；主语多为战争、灾害、政策等外部力量。
The war uprooted many families from their homes.
战争使许多家庭流离失所，被迫离开家园。
Not this
The storm uprooted during the night.
Use this
The storm uprooted several trees during the night.
uproot 是及物动词，必须带宾语，不能只说 uprooted 而不说明被连根拔起的事物；加上宾语 several trees 后句子才完整。
Not this
Many families uprooted during the war.
Use this
Many families were uprooted during the war.
uproot 是及物动词，表示“使某人/某物被迫离开”；当主语是受事时要用被动语态 be uprooted，不能用过去分词直接作谓语。
Not this
The uproot tree blocked the path.
Use this
The uprooted tree blocked the path.
作前置定语修饰名词时要用过去分词 uprooted（相当于形容词），不能用动词原形 uproot；uprooted 表示“被连根拔起的”。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
把树连根拔起
The storm uprooted several trees along the road.
风暴把路边的几棵树连根拔起。
连根拔除杂草
He spent the afternoon uprooting weeds in the vegetable patch.
他花了一下午把菜地里的杂草连根拔除。
被迫离开家园；背井离乡
Millions of people were uprooted from their homes by the conflict.
数百万人因冲突被迫离开家园。
使全家搬迁；使家人迁离
The new job forced him to uproot his family and move to another city.
新工作迫使他举家迁往另一座城市。
根除腐败
The government launched a campaign to uproot corruption.
政府发起了一场根除腐败的运动。
被迫离开家园；流离失所
Many families were uprooted from their homes by the flood.
洪水使许多家庭被迫离开家园，流离失所。
离开故土；告别原来的生活
It's hard to uproot yourself and start over in a new country.
要在异国他乡重新开始，告别原来的生活是很困难的。
彻底改变自己的生活；连根拔起般地改变生活
She was unwilling to uproot her life just because of a job offer.
她不愿仅仅因为一份工作邀请就彻底改变自己的生活。
你们若有哪怕像芥菜种那样小的信心，就能对这棵桑树说：‘你要被连根拔起，扔到海里’，它也会听从你们。
In Luke 17:6, Jesus tells his disciples that even tiny faith can command a mulberry tree to be uprooted and thrown into the sea, a hyperbole showing that faith in God can overcome any obstacle.
在《路加福音》17章6节，耶稣告诉门徒，即使像芥菜种一样小的信心也能命令桑树连根拔起并被抛入海中，这是一个夸张的说法，表明对上帝的信心能战胜任何障碍。
Use uprooting naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想英文 up（向上）加 root（根）：把整棵树的根从土里往上一提拔出来，就是连根拔起，也引申为迫使人离开故土。
语域：mixed 常见场景：gardening and farming、war and refugee reporting、formal writing about policies or ideas uproot 的字面义（把植物连根拔起）在园艺、农耕中较常见，属于中性表达；用于人或社群时多指被迫离开家园，语气较强，常出现在新闻报道、历史或政论等书面语中。实际使用时请根据搭配和语境选择合适的译法。
All six words share the final /uːt/ sound with uproot: root, brute, fruit, shoot, loot, and boot all rhyme perfectly. Beware the lookalike uproar (/ʌpˈrɔːr/) — it looks similar but has a different vowel and does not rhyme. Also note that route may be pronounced /ruːt/ or /raʊt/ depending on the speaker.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.