| 单词 | elimination |
| 释义 | elimination (once / 2051 pages) 1n 2n 3n 4n Elimination is the process of getting rid of something, whether it’s waste, errors, or the competition. Elimination comes from the Latin word limen, which means threshold. The Romans added an “e” to the beginning and created the verb eliminare, which means to banish or to push over the threshold and out the door. If you solve a multiple-choice question on a test using the process of elimination, you rule out the wrong possibilities one by one until you find the right answer. WORD FAMILYelimination: eliminations+/eliminate: eliminated, eliminates, eliminating, elimination, eliminator/eliminator: eliminators USAGE EXAMPLESThey say limited hunting allows for a controlled elimination of weak animals, while earning funds for fodder and other care for the herds. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) The Huskies’ failure to impose their will, combined with a critical interception and fumble, ultimately led to their elimination from the national championship picture. Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) Other demolitions in Evansville are done through a federal Blight Elimination Project. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1 1n the act of removing or getting rid of something Syn|Hypo|Hyper riddance simplification elimination of superfluous details oversimplification, simplisman act of excessive simplification; the act of making something seem simpler than it really is rationalisation, rationalization(mathematics) the simplification of an expression or equation by eliminating radicals without changing the value of the expression or the roots of the equation remotion, removal the act of removing 2n analysis of a problem into alternative possibilities followed by the systematic rejection of unacceptable alternatives 2Syn|Hyper reasoning by elimination analysis, analytic thinking the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations n the bodily process of discharging waste matter 3Syn|Hypo|Hyper evacuation, excreting, excretion, voiding incontinence, incontinency involuntary urination or defecation micturition, urinationthe discharge of urine bm, bowel movement, movementa euphemism for defecation enuresis, urinary incontinenceinability to control the flow of urine and involuntary urination haematochezia, hematocheziapassage of stools containing blood (as from diverticulosis or colon cancer or peptic ulcer) leak, making water, passing water, wettinga euphemism for urination lithuresispassing small stones with the urine nocturia, nycturiaexcessive urination at night; especially common in older men oliguriaproduction of an abnormally small amount of urine pee, peeing, pissinformal terms for urination urochesia, urocheziapassage of urine from the anus discharge, emission, expelling any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body n the murder of a competitor 4Syn|Hyper liquidation execution, murder, slaying unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being n the act of removing an unknown mathematical quantity by combining equations Hyper remotion, removal the act of removing |
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