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

• They encourage internal competition as the way to weed out the weakest.
  他们鼓励内部竞争，从而淘汰组织的残兵败将。
• Scoop the blanket weed out and use it to line hanging baskets
  把那些丝状水藻捞出来，垫在吊篮里。
• As to western culture, we should absorb the good while weed out the bad.
  对待西方文化，我们应取其精华，去其糟粕。
• 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。
• 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。
• So the office must take action to weed out abuse of the student system, it said.
  因此政府表示，必须采取一定措施来清除学生管理系统的缺陷与弊端。
• So you have to make things rough for them weed out the weenie trees early on.
  所以你得把它们的生长环境变得艰苦些，尽早淘汰那些弱不禁风的树。
• Weed out traitors from the army.
  肃清军队中的汉奸分子。
• The inbred females are apparently able to weed out sperm from kin that would lead to less fit offspring.
  显然，近亲繁殖的雌性能够剔除来自近亲的精子，以免造成不够健康的后代。
• But I think it's a golden opportunity to really think about what is important in your life, and weed out the things that don't really matter.
  但是我认为这是一个千载难逢的机会，让你认真思考你的生活中什么是重要的，并剔除那些不要紧的东西。