Word · 単語
引き抜く
Reading ひきぬく
to extract
- 1 to extract, to pull out, to draw out, to uproot
- 2 to headhunt, to lure away, to poach, to entice
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例文 · examples
彼はライバル会社に引き抜かれました。
He was poached by a rival company.
sense 2 · to headhunt
歯科医は彼女の虫歯を引き抜いた。
The dentist pulled out her bad tooth.
sense 1 · to extract
歯医者は私の虫歯をむりやり引き抜いた。
The dentist pulled out my decayed tooth by force.
sense 1 · to extract
その植物を根こそぎ引き抜きなさい。
Pull the plant up by the roots.
sense 1 · to extract