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

• Weed out traitors from the army.
  肃清军队中的汉奸分子。
• 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。
• 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。
• We must weed out the traitors in our midst!
  我们必须清除我们中间的叛徒！
• To also uses a score to weed out candidates for recruiters.
  Path.to也利用评分系统来替招聘人员筛选人才。
• 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。
• In June the board and the GAC at last agreed on a procedure to weed out unwanted domains.
  六月，董事会和政府咨询委员会（GAC）最终达成一致，将除掉不需要的域名。
• 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。
• Scoop the blanket weed out and use it to line hanging baskets
  把那些丝状水藻捞出来，垫在吊篮里。