remove
verb[T]
uk/rɪˈmuːv/us/rɪˈmuːv/removeverb[T](TAKE AWAY)
B1
to take something or someone away fromsomewhere, or off something:
移开;拿开;去掉;除去;调动The men came to remove therubbishfromthebackyard.这些人来清除后院的垃圾。
Thisdetergentwill removeevenoldstains.这种洗涤剂就连以前的顽渍也能除去。
It got sohotthat he removed histieandjacket.天气太热了,他解下领带,脱掉外套。
Theydecidedto removetheirsonfrom theschool.他们决定把儿子从那所学校转走。
to take something somewhere
- takeAre you allowed to take your phone to school?
- bringCould someone bring me a cup of coffee?
- takeSomeone's taken my pen.
- removeCan someone please remove this ugly plant?
- take awayWhen you've finished your meal, the waiter takes the plates away.
- take outShe opened her bag and took out a small notebook.
to make anegativefeelingdisappear:
排除,去除,打消(负面情绪)Hearingyouropinionhas removed my lastdoubts/suspicionsabout her.听了你的看法,我就彻底打消了对她的怀疑/猜疑。
- Thewaterisfilteredto remove anyimpurities.
- You can remove aredwinestainfrom acarpetbysprinklingsaltover it.
- Theplasteron thewallshas been removed toexposetheoriginalbricksunderneath.
- Theprotestorshad to bephysicallyremoved from theroom.
- You canimmobilizethecarby removing thesparkplugs.
Taking things away from someone or somewhere
- appropriate
- bear away
- confiscate
- confiscation
- creamsomething/someoneoff
- debug
- drain
- expropriate
- expropriation
- extractive
- get off
- impound
- relieve
- rootsomething/someoneout
- routsomeoneout
- seize
- shelf
- stripping
- suck
- sweep
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Removing and extracting
Forgetting and forgetfulness
removeverb[T](END JOB)
C2formal
toforcesomeone toleaveanimportantjobor apositionofpowerbecause they havebehavedbadlyor not in a way youapproveof:
将…免职;开除;解除(某人的职务)The company'sshareholdershavevotedto remove theexecutiveboard.公司股东已经投票决定罢免执行董事会。
Severaloppositiongroupsarefightingto remove thepresidentfrompower.几个反对团体在极力争取把总统赶下台。
She has been removedfromherpost/positionasdirector.她已经被免去了董事职位。
Firing staff
- axe
- be out onyourearidiom
- castsomeoneadriftidiom
- chop
- constructive dismissal
- decertification
- firing
- get the pushidiom
- givesomeonethe heave-hoidiom
- heave-ho
- invalidsomeoneout
- relieve
- relievesomeoneofsomething
- removal
- retire
- rightsize
- rightsizing
- sack
- terminate
- termination
Idiom
be far removed fromsomething