root and branch
释义
完全或彻底的：指对某事进行全面或彻底的改革、彻底的检修等。
完全地或彻底地：指某事物被完全或彻底地改变或改革。
例句
1·The government set out to destroy the organization root and branch .
政府着手完全彻底地摧毁这个组织。
《牛津词典》
2·Everything has its root and branch .
万物有其根本和枝头。
3·Philips Brooks 114. Everything has its root and branch .
菲利普斯·布鲁克斯114。万物都有根本和枝头。
同义词
彻底地；全部地；极端地
down to the groundout and out
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