eliminate
verbto remove or get rid of something 排除；清除；消除 - eliminate something
Credit cards eliminate the need to carry a lot of cash. 有了信用卡就用不着携带很多现金。 - eliminate something from something
This diet claims to eliminate toxins from the body. 这种饮食号称具有排除体内毒素的作用。
Extra ExamplesThe risk cannot be eliminated altogether. 这个危险还不能完全排除。 The single market is designed to eliminate barriers to the free movement of goods, services and people. 建立单一市场是为了消除阻碍货物、服务及人员自由流通的壁垒。 This procedure does not completely eliminate the possibility of an accident. 这一程序不能彻底排除事故出现的可能。 Try to eliminate fatty foods from your diet. 尽量不吃含脂肪多的食物。 a policy that they claim will eventually eliminate corruption in the industry 他们声称最终会清除业界腐败的一项政策 Transmissions of the disease through this route have virtually been eliminated. 这种疾病通过这种途径的传播实际上已经被消除了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- altogether
- completely
- entirely
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- seek to
- take steps to
- try to
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- from
- eliminate something
to stop considering that somebody/something might be responsible for something or chosen for something 排除；清除；消除 - eliminate somebody/something from something
The police have eliminated two suspects from their investigation. 警方通过调查已经排除了两名嫌疑犯。 - eliminate somebody/something (as something)
Malaria was eliminated as a cause of death. 已经排除了疟疾致死的可能性。
Extra ExamplesHe was later released after being eliminated from the enquiry. 他后来在被排除在调查之外后被释放。 We can only be certain once we have eliminated every other possible explanation. 我们只有在排除了其他解释的可能性之后才能肯定。
- eliminate somebody/something from something
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to defeat a person or a team so that they no longer take part in a competition, etc. （比赛中）淘汰 - eliminate somebody (formal)
to kill somebody, especially an enemy or opponent 消灭，杀死（尤指敌人或对手）
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘drive out’): from Latin eliminat- ‘turned out of doors’, from the verb eliminare, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + limen, limin- ‘threshold’.