1PHRASAL VERB 排除;不予考虑 If you rule out a course of action, an idea, or a solution, you decide that it is impossible or unsuitable. 排除;不予考虑 [Also VERB n PREPOSITION]
The Prime Minister is believed to have ruled out cuts in child benefit or pensions. [VERBPREP. noun]
据信首相已经排除了削减儿童救济金或养老金的可能。
Local detectives have ruled out foul play. [VERBPREP. noun (not pronoun)]
当地的侦探已经排除了他杀的可能性。
SYN reject, dismiss, exclude, eliminate
2PHRASAL VERB 阻止…发生;使…成为不可能 If something rules out a situation, it prevents it from happening or from being possible. 阻止…发生;使…成为不可能
A serious car accident in 1986 ruled out a permanent future for him in farming. [VERBPREP. noun]