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root and branch if you destroy or change something root and branch, you get rid of it or change it completely and permanently because it is bad彻底地，永久地〔把坏事物消除〕:•a root and branch reform of the electoral system对选举制度的彻底改革⇒CUBE ROOT,SQUARE ROOT,GRASS ROOTS root and branch used to express the thorough or radical nature of a process or operation 全部的（地）, 完全的（地）; 彻底的（地）： root and branch reform of personal taxation. 个人所得税的彻底改革。 ˌroot and ˈbranchthoroughly and completely完全彻底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。root-and-branch reforms全面彻底的改革 |