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

• So all of the cases are already handled, and any branches to weed out extra teardown steps will only serve to slow down the default case.
  所以所有情况都已经得到了处理，清除额外的结束步骤的任何分支只会减慢对默认情况的处理。
• 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。
• When we first started using forced rankings, I thought it really helped weed out the poor performers.
  当我们开始使用的时候。我想他确实能够帮助我们开除掉一些低绩效的员工。
• 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。
• As to western culture, we should absorb the good while weed out the bad.
  对待西方文化，我们应取其精华，去其糟粕。
• 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。
• 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。
• We have to weed out unqualified applicants.
  我们必须淘汰不合格的申请人。
• They encourage internal competition as the way to weed out the weakest.
  他们鼓励内部竞争，从而淘汰组织的残兵败将。
• 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。