rule out

英 [ruːl aʊt]

美 [ruːl aʊt]

排除; 确定…不可能（或不合适）; 阻止…发生; 使成为不可能

经济

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 排除;不予考虑
  If yourule outa course of action, an idea, or a solution, you decide that it is impossible or unsuitable.
  1. The Prime Minister is believed to have ruled out cuts in child benefit or pensions...
     据信首相已经排除了削减儿童救济金或养老金的可能。
  2. Local detectives have ruled out foul play.
     当地的侦探已经排除了他杀的可能性。
• PHRASAL VERB 阻止…发生;使…成为不可能
  If somethingrules outa situation, it prevents it from happening or from being possible.
  1. A serious car accident in 1986 ruled out a permanent future for him in farming.
     1986年一场严重的车祸让他永远不可能再务农了。

英英释义

verb

• 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:eliminatewinnow outreject
• include or exclude by determining judicially or in agreement with rules
  Synonym:rule in
• make impossible, especially beforehand
  Synonym:precludeclose out

双语例句

• The Prime Minister is believed to have ruled out cuts in child benefit or pensions
  据信首相已经排除了削减儿童救济金或养老金的可能。
• We cannot rule out the involvement of reactionary sections within the state apparatus in this assassination.
  在这一暗杀事件中，我们不能排除国家机器中的反动势力的卷入。
• Yeah, so we can rule out arsenic as a cause of death.
  对，所以我们可以排除，砷不是死亡原因。
• So I should ask you not to rule out that possibility.
  因此我想请你不要不考虑这个可能牲。
• I don't rule out that it will be this year.
  我不排除会在今年回来。
• I tried to rule out each reason as inapplicable to me.
  我努力排除掉所有对我不利的原因。
• This should let you rule out certain areas and focus on one or two.
  这样应该就可以让您排除某些方面，而将注意力放在一两个方面。
• The White House did not rule out the possibility of a second test.
  白宫没有排除朝鲜进行另一次核试验的可能性。
• Local detectives have ruled out foul play.
  当地的侦探已经排除了他杀的可能性。
• Let us rule out the last and focus on the first.
  让我们排除掉最后一个办法，聚焦于第一个办法。