rule out

phrasal verb

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rule somebody/something out

rule somebody/something out (as something) to state that something is not possible or that somebody/something is not suitable把…排除在外；認爲…不適合 synonym exclude
- Police have not ruled out the possibility that the man was murdered.警方尚未排除那個男子是被謀殺的可能性。
- The proposed solution was ruled out as too expensive.建議的解決方案被認爲花錢太多而遭否決。
- This theory cannot be ruled out altogether.這一理論不能完全不予考慮。
to prevent somebody from doing something; to prevent something from happening阻止；防止…發生
- His age effectively ruled him out as a possible candidate.他的年歲使他根本不可能成爲候選人。