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Definition of eliminate in English: eliminateverbɪˈlɪmɪneɪtəˈlɪməˌneɪt [with object]1Completely remove or get rid of (something) 消除,根除,排除 a policy that would eliminate inflation 一项消除通货膨胀的政策。 Example sentencesExamples - If we could eliminate stress, would we eliminate a lot of disease?
- So charities that serve on the front lines of the battles against poverty, ignorance and disease can't try to eliminate the causes of the suffering they spend so much time trying to alleviate.
- Like any policy goal - eliminating unemployment or eradicating poverty - it is unachievable with the blunt instruments of government force.
- I am incensed that the council appears to be issuing a written policy that eliminates any opportunity for discretion and reasonable judgement, and promotes institutional obduracy.
- My life has always been full of fun but this disease has eliminated a lot of that.
- Ozone, produced by zapping oxygen with electricity, will be pumped into the water taken out of Cheney to remove impurities and eliminate most odors.
- It has introduced a new code of practice for its journalists and implemented new policies to eliminate conflict of interests.
- Both outer wing panels were removed to eliminate corrosion at the attach taper pins.
- In either case, the fear of personal liability for individual health care workers would be removed, resulting in eliminating the need to hide errors.
- If they want to spy on you, they can force-load into your computer a modification that reports all your activities, and then they can remove it later to eliminate the evidence.
- While the central bank can work to control inflation, it can't eliminate boom-and-bust cycles.
- Yet eliminating the conductor definitely removes the most crucial set of eyes and ears from the train.
- Thousands of disappearances or extrajudicial executions were allegedly carried out by the police as part of a deliberate policy to eliminate armed opposition groups as well as their supporters.
- It's not my personal presence here that will bring the disease under control, but bearing down on the disease to eliminate it.
- The only way to defeat terrorism as a threat to our way of life is to stop it, eliminate it and destroy it where it grows.
- The method strives to eliminate conflict by removing the deviated language of passion from the child's intellectual growth.
- Now let's examine Walt's policy for eliminating nuclear weapons and other WMDs in rogue states.
- Removing the paint and eliminating the warp from the frame usually allows tight closing of the sash and eliminates any previous draft complaints.
- Although removing the ovaries eliminates estrogen production that is linked to tumor growth, it also carries risks associated with premature menopause.
- To eliminate mold, remove the material where the fungus is growing such as drywall boards or carpet.
Synonyms remove, get rid of, abolish, put an end to, do away with, banish end, stop, terminate, eradicate, destroy, annihilate, stamp out, obliterate, wipe out, extinguish, quash, finish off informal give something the chop, knock something on the head - 1.1 Exclude (someone or something) from consideration or further participation.
对…不予考虑,把…排除在外 the police have eliminated Lawrence from their inquiries 警方已不再考虑质询劳伦斯。 Example sentencesExamples - No luck there, unfortunately; he was eliminated in an early karting round.
- Nothing will change until the team is officially eliminated from the playoffs.
- These respondents were eliminated from further consideration.
- Every year, Lloyd Carr's teams pull out victories after they're eliminated from the title hunt.
- You heard Senator Lieberman say that's not necessarily wise economic policy to eliminate one option if there is a need for some serious economic decisions.
- If your entire code is revealed you are eliminated from the game.
- Until a team is eliminated from playoff contention, the goal is to win now.
- Further back I'm doing everything I can to finish within the time limit - every day you have to finish within a certain percentage of the stage winner's time or else you're eliminated from the race.
- Internal bickering and finger-pointing plagued the team after it was eliminated from the World Cup.
- Martin was mathematically eliminated from the title hunt after he finished 14th at Phoenix and he now trails Stewart by 162 points in the standings.
- In the most dramatic circumstances imaginable, Andy Lee was eliminated from the middleweight division of the Olympic competition in Athens last night.
- They were eliminated from that competition in the first round without a point and without a goal.
- When a player gets 100 points, he is eliminated from further play.
- The mystery man was eventually traced by police and in August he was eliminated from their inquiries.
- Remember, when teams lose, those players are eliminated from the ever-dwindling player pool.
- He was eliminated from these investigations but since pleaded guilty to participation in three armed robberies.
- I was unexpectedly eliminated in the third round up against the wild card, Julia Kristen from California.
- Once a player loses all his/her cards (not including cards in his points pile) he is eliminated from the game.
- The Chinese were eliminated from the World Championships last night losing 94-88 to the all mighty New Zealanders.
- Each time a player is eliminated you must remove one spoon from the game; if playing without a stock you also remove one set of four equal cards from the pack.
Synonyms knock out, beat, get rid of rule out, disqualify - 1.2 Murder (a rival or political opponent)
杀死,除掉(对手或政敌) security agents have started a campaign to eliminate some of the government's opponents Example sentencesExamples - Moreover, sanctions appear not to have stopped regimes from silencing or eliminating internal political opposition.
- The goal of this operation was to eliminate a key political figure in the Algerian resistance and to disrupt its infrastructure.
- The Gestapo then used this as an excuse to eliminate all known opponents to the regime (and some of their families), whether implicated in the July plot or not.
- The new military regime initiated a series of measures restricting civil and legal freedoms to eliminate potential political opponents.
- On the other, it provided him with a band of assassins that could eliminate any PLO leader that met with his disapproval.
2Expel (waste matter) from the body. 〔生理〕排除;排泄 this diet claims to eliminate toxins from the body 此食谱声称能排除体内毒素。 Example sentencesExamples - Your colon normally eliminates waste material and bacteria and absorbs water and sodium to maintain your body's fluid and electrolyte balance.
- This helps the body to eliminate toxins and waste products, and will also help counteract the common pregnancy complaints of constipation and nausea.
- Diuretics lower blood pressure by helping your body eliminate sodium and water.
- The pharynx passes the foreign matter along to the stomach to eventually be eliminated by the body.
- While the main function of the kidneys is to eliminate excessive water from the blood, carbon dioxide gas is eliminated through the lungs.
Synonyms expel, pass, void, discharge, eject, evacuate 3Mathematics Remove (a variable) from an equation, typically by substituting another which is shown by another equation to be equivalent. 〔数〕消去 4Chemistry Generate (a simple substance) as a product in the course of a reaction involving larger molecules. 〔化〕消去,消除 the acid portion of one molecule reacts with the basic portion of the other, and water is eliminated Example sentencesExamples - Ketones can undergo a process known as autocondensation, where several ketone molecules react together to eliminate water.
- Generally, the molecule that is eliminated during a condensation sequence is a simple one such as water.
- The simple molecule eliminated can be water, ammonia, or an alcohol.
- If excess methanol is heated with concentrated sulfuric acid one molecule of water is eliminated from two molecules of methanol to produce dimethyl ether.
- The ketone functional group can also take part in autocondensation reactions which eliminate water.
Derivativesadjectiveɪˈlɪmɪnəb(ə)ləˈlɪmənəb(ə)l Again, that depends on what is empirically eliminable. Example sentencesExamples - One or two of the purported observations might be eliminable in virtue of some logical property of the word ‘observe’, such as that it is not logically possible to observe the future.
- In this way, the coherence theorist sheds light on the feeling that sceptical hypotheses, if not conclusively eliminable, are nevertheless idle.
- Unlike redundancy theories, however, the prosentential theory does not take the truth predicate to be always eliminable without loss.
- At first Berkeley poured scorn on those who adhere to the concept of infinitesimal, maintaining that the use of infinitesimals in deriving mathematical results is illusory, and is in fact eliminable.
nounɪˈlɪmɪneɪtəəˈlɪməˌneɪdər 1A thing that completely removes or gets rid of something. 消除,根除,排除 the goats served as natural grass eliminators - 1.1 A competition in which teams or competitors that lose a match are immediately excluded from further participation.
Example sentencesExamples - Some maintain that these professional paranormal eliminators in New York are the cause of it all.
- There was also the women's under-19 soccer team that was in South Africa in the same week besides having hosted their counterparts from there two weeks previously in a World Cup eliminator.
- And even if tax eliminators win only a few of the battles, it will be a major move in the right direction.
- the pair fought a final eliminator for the British Welterweight title
- as modifier an eliminator tournament
adjectiveɪˈlɪmɪnət(ə)riəˈlɪmənəˌtɔri Bombardment with these substances can lead to the breakdown of our immune system and eliminatory system. Example sentencesExamples - We were then moved into the eliminatory sixteen and Blinky started to really show his talent.
- These include arthritis, headache and eliminatory complaints.
OriginMid 16th century (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'. ‘Drive out, expel’ was the early sense of eliminate from Latin eliminare ‘turn or thrust out of doors’, based on limen, ‘threshold’. The sense ‘kill, murder’ dates from the early 18th century.
Rhymesdiscriminate, incriminate, recriminate Definition of eliminate in US English: eliminateverbəˈlɪməˌneɪtəˈliməˌnāt [with object]1Completely remove or get rid of (something) 消除,根除,排除 a policy that would eliminate inflation 一项消除通货膨胀的政策。 Example sentencesExamples - Removing the paint and eliminating the warp from the frame usually allows tight closing of the sash and eliminates any previous draft complaints.
- I am incensed that the council appears to be issuing a written policy that eliminates any opportunity for discretion and reasonable judgement, and promotes institutional obduracy.
- Yet eliminating the conductor definitely removes the most crucial set of eyes and ears from the train.
- If we could eliminate stress, would we eliminate a lot of disease?
- The method strives to eliminate conflict by removing the deviated language of passion from the child's intellectual growth.
- Both outer wing panels were removed to eliminate corrosion at the attach taper pins.
- The only way to defeat terrorism as a threat to our way of life is to stop it, eliminate it and destroy it where it grows.
- It's not my personal presence here that will bring the disease under control, but bearing down on the disease to eliminate it.
- Now let's examine Walt's policy for eliminating nuclear weapons and other WMDs in rogue states.
- My life has always been full of fun but this disease has eliminated a lot of that.
- So charities that serve on the front lines of the battles against poverty, ignorance and disease can't try to eliminate the causes of the suffering they spend so much time trying to alleviate.
- Like any policy goal - eliminating unemployment or eradicating poverty - it is unachievable with the blunt instruments of government force.
- Thousands of disappearances or extrajudicial executions were allegedly carried out by the police as part of a deliberate policy to eliminate armed opposition groups as well as their supporters.
- If they want to spy on you, they can force-load into your computer a modification that reports all your activities, and then they can remove it later to eliminate the evidence.
- It has introduced a new code of practice for its journalists and implemented new policies to eliminate conflict of interests.
- While the central bank can work to control inflation, it can't eliminate boom-and-bust cycles.
- In either case, the fear of personal liability for individual health care workers would be removed, resulting in eliminating the need to hide errors.
- Although removing the ovaries eliminates estrogen production that is linked to tumor growth, it also carries risks associated with premature menopause.
- To eliminate mold, remove the material where the fungus is growing such as drywall boards or carpet.
- Ozone, produced by zapping oxygen with electricity, will be pumped into the water taken out of Cheney to remove impurities and eliminate most odors.
Synonyms remove, get rid of, abolish, put an end to, do away with, banish - 1.1 Exclude (someone or something) from consideration.
对…不予考虑,把…排除在外 the police have eliminated Larry from their inquiries 警方已不再考虑质询劳伦斯。 Example sentencesExamples - Further back I'm doing everything I can to finish within the time limit - every day you have to finish within a certain percentage of the stage winner's time or else you're eliminated from the race.
- The Chinese were eliminated from the World Championships last night losing 94-88 to the all mighty New Zealanders.
- Remember, when teams lose, those players are eliminated from the ever-dwindling player pool.
- They were eliminated from that competition in the first round without a point and without a goal.
- Until a team is eliminated from playoff contention, the goal is to win now.
- Each time a player is eliminated you must remove one spoon from the game; if playing without a stock you also remove one set of four equal cards from the pack.
- These respondents were eliminated from further consideration.
- The mystery man was eventually traced by police and in August he was eliminated from their inquiries.
- I was unexpectedly eliminated in the third round up against the wild card, Julia Kristen from California.
- You heard Senator Lieberman say that's not necessarily wise economic policy to eliminate one option if there is a need for some serious economic decisions.
- In the most dramatic circumstances imaginable, Andy Lee was eliminated from the middleweight division of the Olympic competition in Athens last night.
- He was eliminated from these investigations but since pleaded guilty to participation in three armed robberies.
- If your entire code is revealed you are eliminated from the game.
- When a player gets 100 points, he is eliminated from further play.
- Internal bickering and finger-pointing plagued the team after it was eliminated from the World Cup.
- Once a player loses all his/her cards (not including cards in his points pile) he is eliminated from the game.
- Nothing will change until the team is officially eliminated from the playoffs.
- Every year, Lloyd Carr's teams pull out victories after they're eliminated from the title hunt.
- No luck there, unfortunately; he was eliminated in an early karting round.
- Martin was mathematically eliminated from the title hunt after he finished 14th at Phoenix and he now trails Stewart by 162 points in the standings.
Synonyms knock out, beat, get rid of - 1.2 Murder (a rival or political opponent)
杀死,除掉(对手或政敌) security agents have started a campaign to eliminate some of the government's opponents Example sentencesExamples - Moreover, sanctions appear not to have stopped regimes from silencing or eliminating internal political opposition.
- The new military regime initiated a series of measures restricting civil and legal freedoms to eliminate potential political opponents.
- The Gestapo then used this as an excuse to eliminate all known opponents to the regime (and some of their families), whether implicated in the July plot or not.
- On the other, it provided him with a band of assassins that could eliminate any PLO leader that met with his disapproval.
- The goal of this operation was to eliminate a key political figure in the Algerian resistance and to disrupt its infrastructure.
- 1.3usually be eliminated Exclude (a person or team) from further participation in a sporting competition following defeat or inadequate results.
(在体育比赛中)淘汰(某人或队) the Bears were eliminated from the playoffs in the first round 阿布劳阿斯在杯赛的第一轮中就被淘汰了。 - 1.4Mathematics Remove (a variable) from an equation, typically by substituting another that is shown by a different equation to be equivalent.
〔数〕消去 - 1.5Chemistry Generate or remove (a simple substance) as a product in the course of a reaction involving larger molecules.
〔化〕消去,消除 Example sentencesExamples - Ketones can undergo a process known as autocondensation, where several ketone molecules react together to eliminate water.
- If excess methanol is heated with concentrated sulfuric acid one molecule of water is eliminated from two molecules of methanol to produce dimethyl ether.
- The simple molecule eliminated can be water, ammonia, or an alcohol.
- The ketone functional group can also take part in autocondensation reactions which eliminate water.
- Generally, the molecule that is eliminated during a condensation sequence is a simple one such as water.
- 1.6Physiology Expel (waste matter) from the body.
〔生理〕排除;排泄 Example sentencesExamples - Diuretics lower blood pressure by helping your body eliminate sodium and water.
- The pharynx passes the foreign matter along to the stomach to eventually be eliminated by the body.
- While the main function of the kidneys is to eliminate excessive water from the blood, carbon dioxide gas is eliminated through the lungs.
- Your colon normally eliminates waste material and bacteria and absorbs water and sodium to maintain your body's fluid and electrolyte balance.
- This helps the body to eliminate toxins and waste products, and will also help counteract the common pregnancy complaints of constipation and nausea.
Synonyms expel, pass, void, discharge, eject, evacuate
OriginMid 16th century (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’. |