• vt. 滅絕，根除；使孤立，使隔絕

de-, 損毀，壓去。-rac, 根，來自radicina, 詞源同root. 即損毀其根，使背井離鄉(xiāng)。

deracinate (n.)

1590s, "to pluck up by the roots," from French déraciner, from Old French desraciner "uproot, dig out, pull up by the roots," from des- (see dis-) + racine "root," from Late Latin radicina, diminutive of Latin radix (see radish). Related: Deracinated.

1. It is essential first to deracinate preconceived notions.

必須首先根除那些先入之見。

來自辭典例句