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Verb:
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move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment;
"The war uprooted many people"
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destroy completely, as if down to the roots;
"the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted"
"root out corruption"
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pull up by or as if by the roots;
"uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"
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用作及物動詞 (vt.)
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Whthin seconds a tornado can uproot trees.
幾分鐘內，臺風就能連根拔起一棵大樹。
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The trunk of an elephant is powerful enough to uproot trees.
大象的長鼻精力旺盛得無不將樹木種類連根拔起。
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The family decided to uproot themselves and emigrate to Australia.
他倆全家人取決離故土，遷居英國。
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To take the new job he had to uproot his whole family and settled abroad.
他為吸收新的事業不可不舉家遷居，在其他國家之后扎營。
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A bad habit once contracted takes a very long time to uproot (or root up).
惡習了倘若培養成，要求較長的時期才可以殺滅。
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A bad habit once contracted takes a very long time to uproot.
壞習俗如果一旦習慣養成，必須好長的時長才行治好。
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A system of tipping had prevailed..which he would endeavour to uproot.
來自：Daily News
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She uprooted the family from Kent..and went to farthest Pembrokeshire.
出于：Daily Telegraph
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之上資源全權制作，受作品權保障，侵犯肖像權必究
海詞字典，十二年廠家
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