| 单词 | root and branch |
| 释义 | root and branchroot and branch GET RID OFif you destroy or change something root and branch, you get rid of it or change it completely and permanently because it is bad 彻底地，永久地〔消除或改变不良事物〕 a root and branch reform of the electoral system 对选举制度的彻底改革 Examples from the Corpus root and branch• I give my hon. Friend the absolute assurance that the Government will continue to oppose it root and branch.• A better solution is to prune roots and branches.• The roots and branches of the Suez war require an arboretum of their own.• This root and branch reform of personal taxation has many attractions for those on the left.• But Staggs's Gardens had been cut up root and branch. → root and branch at root1(5) |
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