Eradicate 一词源自拉丁语eradicare（铲除、根除、消灭）的过去分词eradicatus，由前缀 e- （无；除去）+词根 radic （根）+后缀 -ate （做，造成，使）构成，15世纪初进入英语后也是用来表示“根除、杜绝、扫除”，多指彻底摧毁或消除疾病、腐败、贫穷、迷信等已经扎根或已经确立的不良事物，就像是杂草拔根一样完全去掉，常用搭配 eradicate sth (from sth) ，

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If tedious tasks could be eradicated, the world would be a much better place.如果可以消灭那些单调乏味的工作，世界将会变得更加美好。

The government claims to be doing all it can to eradicate corruption. Their country has been afflicted by political corruption for decades.政府声称正尽其所能根治腐败。过去几十年来他们的国家一直饱受政治腐败之苦。

The past decade marked three major events of great immediate importance and profound historical significance for the cause of the Party and the people: We embraced the centenary of the Communist Party of China; we ushered in a new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics; and we eradicated absolute poverty and finished building a moderately prosperous society in all respects, thus completing the First Centenary Goal.权威用例十年来，我们经历了对党和人民事业具有重大现实意义和深远历史意义的三件大事：一是迎来中国共产党成立一百周年，二是中国特色社会主义进入新时代，三是完成脱贫攻坚、全面建成小康社会的历史任务，实现第一个百年奋斗目标。

出自党的二十大报告