eliminate

verb

1. 排除；清除；消除
   to remove or get rid of sth/sb
   1. 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。
   2. 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。
   3. This diet claims to eliminate toxins from the body.
      这种饮食据称具有排除体内毒素的作用。
2. （比赛中）淘汰
   to defeat a person or a team so that they no longer take part in a competition, etc.
   1. 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。
3. 消灭，干掉（尤指敌人或对手）
   to kill sb, especially an enemy or opponent
   1. Most of the regime's left-wing opponents were eliminated.
      这个政权的左翼反对派多数已被除掉。

1. VERB 消除，剔除，根除(尤指不需要之物)
   To eliminate something, especially something you do not want or need, means to remove it completely.
   1. The Sex Discrimination Act has not eliminated discrimination in employment...
      《反性别歧视法》并未根除工作中的歧视。
   2. Academic departments are being eliminated...
      纯理论研究院系即将被裁撤。
   3. If you think you may be allergic to a food or drink, eliminate it from your diet.
      如果觉得可能对某种食物或饮料过敏，将其从日常饮食中去除。
2. V-PASSIVE （在竞赛中）淘汰
   When a person or team is eliminated from a competition, they are defeated and so take no further part in the competition.
   1. I was eliminated from the 400 metres in the semi-finals...
      我在400米半决赛中被淘汰。
   2. If you are eliminated in the show-jumping then you are out of the complete competition.
      如果在马术障碍赛中被淘汰，就意味着完全出局。
3. VERB 消灭;干掉
   If someone says that they have eliminated an enemy, they mean that they have killed them. By using the word 'eliminate', they are trying to make the action sound more positive than if they used the word 'kill'.
   1. He declared war on the government and urged right-wingers to eliminate their opponents...
      他向政府宣战，并煽动右翼分子干掉他们的对手。
   2. The radio station claimed that 87,000 'reactionaries' had been eliminated.
      广播电台声称已经消灭了87,000名“反动分子”。

1. You could never eliminate risk, but preparation and training could attenuate it
   风险不可能完全消除，但可以通过防范和培训来降低。
2. The Sex Discrimination Act has not eliminated discrimination in employment
   《反性别歧视法》并未根除工作中的歧视。
3. Academic departments are being eliminated
   纯理论研究院系即将被裁撤。
4. If you think you may be allergic to a food or drink, eliminate it from your diet.
   如果觉得可能对某种食物或饮料过敏，将其从日常饮食中去除。
5. I was eliminated from the 400 metres in the semi-finals
   我在400米半决赛中被淘汰。
6. If you are eliminated in the show-jumping then you are out of the complete competition.
   如果在马术障碍赛中被淘汰，就意味着完全出局。
7. He declared war on the government and urged right-wingers to eliminate their opponents
   他向政府宣战，并煽动右翼分子干掉他们的对手。
8. The radio station claimed that 87,000 'reactionaries' had been eliminated.
   广播电台声称已经消灭了87,000名“反动分子”。
9. We called up three economists to ask how to eliminate the deficit and they obliged with very straightforward answers
   我们打电话给3位经济学家询问如何消除赤字，他们坦率地给予了答复。
10. America wants to eliminate tariffs on items such as electronics.
    美国打算取消电子产品等的关税。
11. While it is impossible to eliminate this format of questioning, attorneys should strive for simplicity in speech when an interpreter is used.
    虽然无法完全避免使用这种质问形式，但律师应在使用口译员时尽量让自己的讲话简洁清楚。
12. Out of six attempts to eliminate him, three were exposed immediately.
    欲谋害他的六个人当中三个已被揭发。
13. You must eliminate an unknown quantity.
    你必须消去一个未知数。
14. The aim of war is to eliminate war.
    战争的目的在于消灭战争。
15. Fortunately, it is possible to incorporate an altimeter in the system and practically eliminate this difficulty entirely.
    幸好，在系统中加入一高度计后这一困难实际上可以完全解除。
16. Although you cannot eliminate the inconveniences associated with increased security measures, you can reduce their impact on productivity.
    尽管无法完全消除增加的安全措施所带来的不便之处，但您可以降低它们对工作效率的影响。
17. Indeed, XFS has been designed to eliminate the limitations found in traditional filesystems.
    确实，XFS的设计消除了传统文件系统中的一些限制。
18. This can improve data access efficiencies and potentially eliminate some SQL errors.
    这可以提高数据访问效率并潜在地消除一些SQL错误。
19. As in the SQL injections, source code analysis is the only real way to eliminate the vulnerability.
    和SQL注入中一样，源代码分析是消除漏洞的唯一真实方法。
20. It helps you eliminate the expense and effort of maintaining multiple production clone databases.
    它帮助您降低了维护多个产品复制数据库的费用和工作。
21. Using pre-filled forms ensures accuracy and can eliminate duplicate entries by agents.
    使用预先装填的表单确保了正确性并消除了代理商的重复条目。
22. By learning which foods have a natural laxative property, you can control and eliminate your constipation.
    其中有一个学习的天然食品泻药财产，你就可以控制和消除便秘。
23. We can never eliminate financial crises, but we can reduce their likelihood and severity.
    我们永远无法消除金融危机，但我们能降低其爆发的几率和严重性。
24. When you accept the risks of trading, you eliminate the potential to define market information in painful ways.
    当你接受了风险，你就不会痛苦地定义市场信息了。
25. We have the opportunity to eliminate assad.
    我们现在有了消灭阿萨德的机会。
26. We have the techniques and the resources to eliminate them.
    我们拥有消除饥饿和营养不良的技术和资源。
27. You will know what to check and correct to eliminate the trouble.
    你会知道如何检查和排除故障。
28. Those people will eliminate him and you.
    那些人会消灭他和。
29. But they can only marginally reduce, not eliminate the hazards.
    但这也只是在一定程度上减少了，而不是消除了危险性。
30. What are some things people can do to eliminate discrimination and prejudice?
    人们可以做哪些事来消除歧视和偏见？

  eliminate abolish annihilate【导航词义：消灭，根除】

  eliminate v. 〈书〉消灭，干掉；消除

〔辨析〕通常指有步骤地除掉敌人、对手等或消除不需要的事物。

  abolish v. 废除，革除

〔辨析〕尤指正式废止旧时或不合理的法律、制度、习俗等。

  annihilate v. 消灭，彻底毁灭

〔辨析〕强调消灭或毁灭得非常彻底。

verb

1. eliminate from the body
   1. Pass a kidney stone

   Synonym:    excreteegestpass

2. kill in large numbers
   1. the plague wiped out an entire population

   Synonym:    annihilateextinguisheradicatewipe outdecimatecarry off

3. terminate, end, or take out
   1. Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics
   2. Socialism extinguished these archaic customs
   3. eliminate my debts

   Synonym:    extinguishget rid ofdo away with

4. remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations

5. 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:    rule outwinnow outreject

6. remove from a contest or race
   1. The cyclist has eliminated all the competitors in the race

7. do away with

   Synonym:    obviaterid of