e·lim·i·nate
verb OPAL W
/ɪˈlɪmɪneɪt/
/ɪˈlɪmɪneɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they eliminate | /ɪˈlɪmɪneɪt/ /ɪˈlɪmɪneɪt/ |
| he / she / it eliminates | /ɪˈlɪmɪneɪts/ /ɪˈlɪmɪneɪts/ |
| past simple eliminated | /ɪˈlɪmɪneɪtɪd/ /ɪˈlɪmɪneɪtɪd/ |
| past participle eliminated | /ɪˈlɪmɪneɪtɪd/ /ɪˈlɪmɪneɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form eliminating | /ɪˈlɪmɪneɪtɪŋ/ /ɪˈlɪmɪneɪtɪŋ/ |
- to 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携带很多现金。 - eliminate something from something This diet claims to eliminate toxins from the body.
这种饮食号称具有排除体内毒素的作用。
Extra Examples- The risk cannot be eliminated altogether.
这个危险还不能完全排除。 - The single market is designed to eliminate barriers to the free movement of goods, services and people.
建立单一市场是为了消除阻碍货物、服务及人员自由流通的壁垒。 - This procedure does not completely eliminate the possibility of an accident.
这一程序不能彻底排除事故出现的可能。 - Try to eliminate fatty foods from your diet.
尽量不吃含脂肪多的食物。 - a policy that they claim will eventually eliminate corruption in the industry
他们声称最终会清除业界腐败的一项政策 - Transmissions of the disease through this route have virtually been eliminated.
通过这种途径传播的疾病实际上已被消除。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- altogether
- completely
- entirely
- …
- seek to
- take steps to
- try to
- …
- from
- eliminate something Credit cards eliminate the need to carry a lot of cash.
- to stop considering that somebody/something might be responsible for something or chosen for something
排除；不再考虑 - eliminate somebody/something from something 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。 - eliminate somebody/something (as something) Malaria was eliminated as a cause of death.
疟疾不再是致命疾病。
Extra Examples- He was later released after being eliminated from the enquiry.
他后来在被排除在调查之外后被释放。 - We can only be certain once we have eliminated every other possible explanation.
我们只有在排除了其他解释的可能性之后才能肯定。
- eliminate somebody/something from something The police have eliminated two suspects from their investigation.
- [usually passive] to defeat a person or a team so that they no longer take part in a competition, etc.
（比赛中）淘汰 - be eliminated 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。 - be eliminated from something She was eliminated from the tournament in the first round.
她在第一轮比赛中就被淘汰出局。
- be eliminated All the English teams were eliminated in the early stages of the competition.
- eliminate somebody (formal) to kill somebody, especially an enemy or opponent
消灭，杀死（尤指敌人或对手） - Most of the regime's opponents were eliminated.
该政权的大多数反对者都被消灭了。 - Rival gangsters had attempted to eliminate him.
敌对的歹徒曾试图消灭他。
- Most of the regime's opponents were eliminated.
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’.