汉英词典
MEANING OF 斬草除根
斬草除根
(斩草除根)
to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch / to eliminate completely
When weeding weeds, we must even root them so that the grass can no longer grow / Metaphor to remove the bane, so as to avoid future troubles
比喻彻底除去祸根，不留后患若不斩草除根，则将后患无穷。
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我们决不可养痈遗患，一定要斩草除根。 We can never leave evil unchecked, we must remove the source of the trouble. | ||
爱心犹如一把铲能把痛苦斩草除根。 Love is like a shovel to the pain. | ||
一旦被它站稳脚跟，就很难斩草除根，因为潮湿月一个接着一个。 And once it had taken hold, it was almost impossible to get rid of, as one damp month succeeded the other. | ||
写这篇文章的原因是我已经厌倦了听人说“品味是主观的”，想一次过将这种观点斩草除根。 I wrote this essay because I was tired of hearing "taste is subjective" and wanted to kill it once and for all. | ||
他们没有Iolaus这样的朋友帮他们用滚烫的烙铁把九头蛇怪的脑袋斩草除根，于是刚打碎一个脑袋，又长出来两个。 They have no friend Iolaus to burn with a hot iron the root of the hydra's head, but as soon as one head is crushed, two spring up. | ||
