root and branch

短语

彻底地, 全部地

别名

root-and-branch

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Total, thorough, sweeping, complete, radical, drastic.

adv.
  1. 1.

    Totally, completely.

词源

From the Bible. Used as a title for the Root and Branch petition presented to the Long Parliament on December 11, 1640.

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