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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Weed out traitors from the army.
  肃清军队中的汉奸分子。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。