| 单词 | root and branch reform |
| 释义 | > as lemmasroot and branch reform root and branch reform radical reform of an established institution or system; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > course adopted to achieve an end > other spec. root and branch reform1822 meat-axe1831 root and branch policy1837 third way1935 scare tactic1967 1822 Brit. Rev. 22 239 Generally speaking, we are no friends to ‘root and branch reform’. 1860 R. W. Emerson Conduct of Life 123 What we call our root-and-branch reforms of slavery, war, gambling, intemperence, is only medicating the symptoms. 1946 Jrnl. Econ. Hist. 6 68 His [sc. G. B. Shaw's] Puritan predilection for the honesty of root-and-branch reform. 2005 A. Beck in N. A. Uildriks Police Reform & Human Rights vi. 52 A program of root and branch reform is still required rather than mere alterations to the existing structure. < as lemmas |
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