rule out

1. PHRASAL 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.
   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。
2. PHRASAL 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.
   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。

1. They appear to rule out some of the ideas that have been mentioned — banding the tax so higher earners would pay more.
   他们看来要剔除其中提到的一些想法——如把税率分档，使收入越高，缴得越多。
2. 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。
3. Local detectives have ruled out foul play.
   当地的侦探已经排除了他杀的可能性。
4. 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。
5. 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。
6. Professor Morgan says you cannot rule out genetics completely, but for him it's not the major factor.
   摩根教授说不能完全排除了遗传因素的影响，但他认为这不是主要因素。
7. But do not rule out negative effects on the heart muscle and other organs.
   但不排除心脏肌肉和其他器官的负面影响。
8. I guess we can rule out robbery.
   我想能排除抢劫的可能。
9. But this does not rule out unofficial discussions.
   但这并不排除进行非正式的讨论。
10. We cannot rule out that possibility.
    我们不能排除那种可能性。
11. I don't rule out that it will be this year.
    我不排除会在今年回来。
12. Obviously, we can rule out this car.
    很显然我们可以排除这辆车。
13. You rule out confiscation.
    你排除了没收这种选择。
14. We can't rule out the possibility that she was murdered.
    我们不能排除她被谋杀的可能性。
15. 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。
16. I can't rule out the possibility of trouble.
    我不能排除遇到麻烦的可能性。
17. The police have stated that they cannot rule out murder in the case of the girl's death.
    警察宣称，在这个女孩死亡的案件中，他们不能排除谋杀的可能性。
18. 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。
19. If the memory address conflicts, can also be used to rule out the same way.
    如果是内存地址冲突，也可以使用相同的方法进行排除。
20. 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。
21. I believe we can rule out a map.
    我想我们可以排除地图的可能性了。
22. I think we can rule out that they were created by the wraith.
    我想我们可以排出它们是由幽灵制造的可能性了。
23. 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。
24. You agreed with me that we could rule out watson.
    你曾同意过我，说我们可以把沃森排除在外。
25. We can't rule out they'll use their nukes.
    我们就不能排除他们用核武器的可能了。
26. 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。
27. Can we rule out robbery?
    我们能排除抢劫吗？
28. [ We] rule out companies in industries prone to rapid and continuous change.
    对于所在行业倾向于快速和持续变化的公司，我们会排除掉。
29. 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。
30. Judge Thomas said that he could not rule out the possibility of forfeitures in this case.
    托马斯法官说他无法排除这一案件没收财产的可能。

verb

1. 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

2. include or exclude by determining judicially or in agreement with rules

   Synonym:    rule in

3. make impossible, especially beforehand

   Synonym:    precludeclose out