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

• Carefully we examined each of the copies to weed out the soiled ones& another effort that required hours.
  我们仔细检查每一本杂志，把沾染了污迹的剔除掉&这同样需要花费数小时。
• 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 must weed out the traitors in our midst!
  我们必须清除我们中间的叛徒！
• 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。
• Doing this exercise enabled me, in many cases, to immediately weed out the unqualified candidates.
  通过这些测验就可以，在大多数情况下能够很快的剔除不符合要求的候选人。
• 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。
• When we first started using forced rankings, I thought it really helped weed out the poor performers.
  当我们开始使用的时候。我想他确实能够帮助我们开除掉一些低绩效的员工。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。