| 单词 | eliminate |
| 释义 | eliminate (once / 386 pages) 1v 2v 3v 4v As eliminate means "get rid of or do away with," it has become used to refer to the end of a problem or even an entire species. We need to eliminate sources of pollution in order to maintain a healthy world. The original literal meaning of eliminate was "to thrust over the threshold and out of doors, to kick out," but the 18th century saw the word expand to mean "to exclude," and later to ridding the body of waste. The verb then came to refer to getting rid of anything, such as a problem or foul odor. The word took an ominous turn in the 20th century, when we saw man-made pollution eliminate whole species, and war, hate, and famine nearly eliminate whole groups of people. WORD FAMILYeliminate: eliminated, eliminates, eliminating, elimination, eliminator+/elimination: eliminations/eliminator: eliminators USAGE EXAMPLESFor instance, that bill eliminated the tax penalties, tax credits and cost-sharing subsidies central to the ACA’s individual mandate to purchase health insurance. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) The agency also focuses on eliminating drugs in schools from elementary through college. Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017) After the introduction of the measles vaccine, the rate of the disease dropped precipitously; it was declared eliminated from the U.S. in 2000. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1v terminate, end, or take out Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics eliminate my debts Syn|Hypo|Hyper do away with, extinguish, get rid of cancel out, wipe out wipe out the effect of something decouplereduce or eliminate the coupling of (one circuit or part to another) decoupleeliminate airborne shock waves from (an explosive) obliteratedo away with completely, without leaving a trace knock outeliminate drownget rid of as if by submerging cut outdelete or remove cut, prune, rationalise, rationalizeweed out unwanted or unnecessary things extinguish, snuff output an end to; kill except, exclude, leave off, leave out, omit, take outprevent from being included or considered or accepted exciseremove by cutting stampdestroy or extinguish as if by stamping with the foot elideleave or strike out put out, smotherdeprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion destroy, destruct do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of 2v do away with Syn|Ant|Hypo obviate, rid of ask, call for, demand, involve, necessitate, need, postulate, require, take require as useful, just, or proper claim, exact, taketake as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs close out, preclude, rule out make impossible, especially beforehand 3v dismiss from consideration or a contest This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration Syn reject, rule out, winnow out 4v remove from a contest or race 2The cyclist has eliminated all the competitors in the race Hyper beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish come out better in a competition, race, or conflict v eliminate from the body 3Syn|Hypo|Hyper egest, excrete, pass perspire, sudate, sweat excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin exudate, exude, ooze, ooze out, transuderelease (a liquid) in drops or small quantities urinatepass after the manner of urine empty, evacuate, voidexcrete or discharge from the body ca-ca, defecate, make, stoolhave a bowel movement barf, be sick, chuck, disgorge, throw up, vomit upeject the contents of the stomach through the mouth distil, distillgive off (a liquid) fume, reekbe wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face transpiregive off (water) through the skin extravasategeology: cause molten material, such as lava, to pour forth streamexude profusely gumexude or form gum release, secretegenerate and separate from cells or bodily fluids sweltersuffer from intense heat wetmake one's bed or clothes wet by urinating staleurinate, of cattle and horses suctionempty or clean (a body cavity) by the force of suction dungdefecate; used of animals frothexude or expel foam discharge, eject, exhaust, expel, release eliminate (a substance) v kill in large numbers 4Syn|Hyper annihilate, carry off, decimate, eradicate, extinguish, wipe out decimate kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies kill cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly v remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations Hyper remove, take, take away, withdraw remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract |
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