英语释义

1. complete or thorough
a root and branch overhaul of local schools

2. completely or thoroughly
The laws were reformed root and branch.

片语

having both root and branch有根有梢

root t and branch完全地

outright root and branch全部地

root deficiency and branch excess本虚标实

root and branch ultra过激的

destroy root and branch斩草除根

root-and-branch reforms全面的改革

root and branch smart大大的

out and out不折不扣地；彻底地

down to the ground彻底地，完全；在一切方面

英汉例句

• our service is obsolete, requiring root and branch reform.

  我们的服务业已过时，需要彻底改革。

• this means a root and branch reform of the chinese economy.

  这意味着中国经济将发生根本性的变革。

• our service is obsolete, requiring root and branch reform.

  我们的服务已经过时，需要从根本上进行改革。

• how this should cut up root and branch all silly, superstitious fears!

  这句话多么能截断我们对迷信的恐惧。

• i hope that our service quality could root and branch raise as soon as possible through our joint efforts.

  希望我们共同努力，尽快从根本上提升我们的服务质量。

• like chaucer, woolf chose to understand as well as to judge, to know her society root and branch — a decision crucial in order to produce art rather than polemic.

  正如乔叟，沃尔夫选择去理解、去评判，从而来了解她所在社会大树的根与枝叶—她这么做对于产生艺术而远非争执起到至关重要的作用。

• after much deep root and branch change, which is another story, it did not die but i am sure you get my point.

  经过深根和分支变化，那是另一回事，它没有死，但我相信你我的意思。