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

• It might keep them honest and it might weed out the incorrigible ones.
  或许会让他们老实点，说不定还可以清除掉那些死不悔改的法官。
• 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。
• We have to weed out unqualified applicants.
  我们必须淘汰不合格的申请人。
• We must weed out the traitors in our midst!
  我们必须清除我们中间的叛徒！
• 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。
• He weed out one by one the book he do not want.
  他把不想要的书一本一本丢掉。
• It's a way to weed out candidates, but companies know that students are still going to apply.
  这是一种铲除求职者的途径，但是公司知道学生仍然会申请职位。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。