[with obj.]completely remove or get rid of (something) 消除,根除,除去 a policy that would eliminate inflation. 一项消除通货膨胀的政策。 ■exclude (someone or something) from consideration 不加考虑,排除 the police have eliminated Lawrence from their inquiries. 警方已不再考虑质询劳伦斯。 ■murder (a rival or political opponent) 杀死,除掉(对手或政治反对者) ■(一般作 be eliminated)exclude (a person or team) from further participation in a sporting competition following defeat or inadequate results (体育比赛中)淘汰(某人或队) Arbroath were eliminated from the cup in the first round. 阿布劳阿斯在杯赛第一轮就被淘汰。 ■(Mathematics)remove (a variable) from an equation, typically by substituting another which is shown by another equation to be equivalent (数)消去 ■(Chemistry)generate or remove (a simple substance) as a product in the course of a reaction involving larger molecules (化)消去,消除 ■(Physiology)expel (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。
mid 16th cent. (in the sense 'drive out, expel'): from Latin eliminat- 'turned out of doors', from the verb eliminare, from e- (variant of ex-) 'out' + limen, limin- 'threshold'