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攜帶很多現金。 - eliminate something from something
This diet claims to eliminate toxins from the body. 這種飲食號稱具有排除體内毒素的作用。
Extra ExamplesThe risk cannot be eliminated altogether. 這個危險還不能完全排除。 The single market is designed to eliminate barriers to the free movement of goods, services and people. 建立單一市場是爲了消除阻礙貨物、服務及人員自由流通的壁壘。 This procedure does not completely eliminate the possibility of an accident. 這一程序不能徹底排除事故出現的可能。 Try to eliminate fatty foods from your diet. 盡量不吃含脂肪多的食物。 a policy that they claim will eventually eliminate corruption in the industry 他們聲稱最終會清除業界腐敗的一項政策 Transmissions of the disease through this route have virtually been eliminated. 這種疾病通過這種途徑的傳播實際上已經被消除了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- altogether
- completely
- entirely
- …
- 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. 警方通過調查已經排除了兩名嫌疑犯。 - eliminate somebody/something (as something)
Malaria was eliminated as a cause of death. 已經排除了瘧疾致死的可能性。
Extra ExamplesHe was later released after being eliminated from the enquiry. 他後來在被排除在調查之外後被釋放。 We can only be certain once we have eliminated every other possible explanation. 我們只有在排除了其他解釋的可能性之後才能肯定。
- 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. （比賽中）淘汰 - eliminate somebody (formal)
to kill somebody, especially an enemy or opponent 消滅，殺死（尤指敵人或對手）
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’.