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'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。
• So all of the cases are already handled, and any branches to weed out extra teardown steps will only serve to slow down the default case.
  所以所有情况都已经得到了处理，清除额外的结束步骤的任何分支只会减慢对默认情况的处理。
• We check all our equipment regularly to weed out ageing wires.
  我们定期检查所有设备，换掉老化电线。
• To placate the Parliament and the opposition, the government raised the bar for citizenship. Strict due diligence standards were set to weed out money launderers and criminals.
  为了安抚议会和反对派，政府提高了获得公民身份的门槛，设定了严格的尽职调查标准，以剔除洗钱者和犯罪分子。
• Other benefits such as dole money could be frozen and there will be a huge push to weed out fiddlers.
  其他像失业救济金这样的补贴可能会被冻结，大家会努力把骗子清除掉。
• 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。
• We have to weed out unqualified applicants.
  我们必须淘汰不合格的申请人。
• As part of their hiring processes, some companies give personality tests that seem designed to weed out introverts.
  比如，许多公司在招聘过程中进行的个性测试似乎存心就是为了淘汰内向性格的人而设。
• 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。
• 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。