take root

基本解释

American intervention in the international affairs takes roots both in its search for power and interest and its unique political culture based on the concept of liberty.
美国历史上的对外干预既出于权力与利益的需要，又根植于美国独特的以自由为核心的政治文化之中。
Maize, in particular, is described by experts in the field as a “nitrogen-leaky” plant because it has shallow roots and takes up nitrogen for only a few months of the year.
尤其是玉米，农业专家形容它是「流失氮肥」的作物，因为玉米的扎根很浅，一年十二月其实只有少少几个月才能吸收氮肥。
This thesis takes the grass-roots letters and visits system as a starting point. We analyze the concrete reality in this system and put forward several opinions on its design.
本文以基层信访系统作为切入点，基于具体实际进行微观分析，提出对信访制度设计的若干思考。

Some growers of American ginseng say it takes five to ten years to produce the best roots.
And they were infused with this culture of listening and action, and whatever-it-takes sort of attitude that was sort of the roots of the company.
并受到了我们公司,倾听和行动的文化熏陶，而且抱有一种不惜任何代价完成任务的心态,这是我们公司的基础。
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If an idea, belief, or system takes root somewhere, it starts to be accepted there.

生根
In the discussion of Construction and Inaction, he criticized the KMT government’s ostentation in a poorer place,and proposed conditional building that rely on the experts. In the discussions of Democracy and Dictatorship,he debate with a group of scholars advocating open autocratic,and called for a concerted effort contributed to constitutional democracy take root in China.
在中日关系的处理上,他不顾批判与威胁,主张有条件的和议;在“信心与反省”的讨论中,他指斥中国传统文化实在贫乏,建议把国人的自信建筑在反省的基础上;在“中国本位与全盘西化”的讨论中,他不顾一班官僚与复古文人的指责与威胁,宣扬“充分世界化”;在“建设与无为”的讨论中,他批评国民党政府穷摆排场,主张依靠专家,做有条件的建设;在“民主与独裁”的讨论中,他又与一班主张开明专制的学者展开论战,呼吁大家齐心协力促成民主宪政在中国的生根发芽。