deracinate

• vt. 灭绝，根除；使孤立，使隔绝

1. move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment;

"The war uprooted many people"

2. pull up by or as if by the roots;

"uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"

It is essential first to deracinate preconceived notions.

必须首先根除那些先入之见。

辞典例句

de-, 损毁，压去。-rac, 根，来自radicina, 词源同root. 即损毁其根，使背井离乡。

1. It is essential first to deracinate preconceived notions.

必须首先根除那些先入之见。

来自辞典例句

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.