eliminate

英 [ɪˈlɪmɪneɪt]

美 [ɪˈlɪmɪneɪt]

v.  排除; 清除; 消除; (比赛中)淘汰; 消灭，干掉(尤指敌人或对手)

过去分词：eliminated　现在分词：eliminating　第三人称单数：eliminates　过去式：eliminated　

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同义词辨析

eliminateabolishannihilate【导航词义：消灭，根除】

牛津词典

verb

• 排除；清除；消除
  to remove or get rid of sth/sb
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. This diet claims to eliminate toxins from the body.
     这种饮食据称具有排除体内毒素的作用。
• （比赛中）淘汰
  to defeat a person or a team so that they no longer take part in a competition, etc.
  1. All the English teams were eliminated in the early stages of the competition.
     所有英格兰队伍在比赛初期就被淘汰了。
• 消灭，干掉（尤指敌人或对手）
  to kill sb, especially an enemy or opponent
  1. Most of the regime's left-wing opponents were eliminated.
     这个政权的左翼反对派多数已被除掉。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 消除，剔除，根除(尤指不需要之物)
  Toeliminatesomething, especially something you do not want or need, means to remove it completely.
  1. The Sex Discrimination Act has not eliminated discrimination in employment...
     《反性别歧视法》并未根除工作中的歧视。
  2. Academic departments are being eliminated...
     纯理论研究院系即将被裁撤。
  3. If you think you may be allergic to a food or drink, eliminate it from your diet.
     如果觉得可能对某种食物或饮料过敏，将其从日常饮食中去除。
• V-PASSIVE （在竞赛中）淘汰
  When a person or teamis eliminated froma competition, they are defeated and so take no further part in the competition.
  1. I was eliminated from the 400 metres in the semi-finals...
     我在400米半决赛中被淘汰。
  2. If you are eliminated in the show-jumping then you are out of the complete competition.
     如果在马术障碍赛中被淘汰，就意味着完全出局。
• VERB 消灭;干掉
  If someone says that theyhave eliminatedan enemy, they mean that they have killed them. By using the word 'eliminate', they are trying to make the action sound more positive than if they used the word 'kill'.
  1. He declared war on the government and urged right-wingers to eliminate their opponents...
     他向政府宣战，并煽动右翼分子干掉他们的对手。
  2. The radio station claimed that 87,000 'reactionaries' had been eliminated.
     广播电台声称已经消灭了87,000名“反动分子”。

英英释义

verb

• eliminate from the body
  1. Pass a kidney stone
  Synonym:excreteegestpass
• kill in large numbers
  1. the plague wiped out an entire population
  Synonym:annihilateextinguisheradicatewipe outdecimatecarry off
• terminate, end, or take out
  1. Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics
  2. Socialism extinguished these archaic customs
  3. eliminate my debts
  Synonym:extinguishget rid ofdo away with
• remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations
• dismiss from consideration or a contest
  1. John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi
  2. This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration
  Synonym:rule outwinnow outreject
• remove from a contest or race
  1. The cyclist has eliminated all the competitors in the race
• do away with
  Synonym:obviaterid of

双语例句

• If you think you may be allergic to a food or drink, eliminate it from your diet.
  如果觉得可能对某种食物或饮料过敏，将其从日常饮食中去除。
• As in the SQL injections, source code analysis is the only real way to eliminate the vulnerability.
  和SQL注入中一样，源代码分析是消除漏洞的唯一真实方法。
• Fortunately, it is possible to incorporate an altimeter in the system and practically eliminate this difficulty entirely.
  幸好，在系统中加入一高度计后这一困难实际上可以完全解除。
• The Sex Discrimination Act has not eliminated discrimination in employment
  《反性别歧视法》并未根除工作中的歧视。
• You must eliminate an unknown quantity.
  你必须消去一个未知数。
• We can never eliminate financial crises, but we can reduce their likelihood and severity.
  我们永远无法消除金融危机，但我们能降低其爆发的几率和严重性。
• Using pre-filled forms ensures accuracy and can eliminate duplicate entries by agents.
  使用预先装填的表单确保了正确性并消除了代理商的重复条目。
• Those people will eliminate him and you.
  那些人会消灭他和。
• We called up three economists to ask how to eliminate the deficit and they obliged with very straightforward answers
  我们打电话给3位经济学家询问如何消除赤字，他们坦率地给予了答复。
• He declared war on the government and urged right-wingers to eliminate their opponents
  他向政府宣战，并煽动右翼分子干掉他们的对手。