elimination
noun[U]
uk/iˌlɪm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/us/iˌlɪm.əˈneɪ.ʃən/C2
theprocessofremovingsomething:
排除;消除,清除;淘汰the elimination ofdisease/pain消除疾病/解除疼痛
theirelimination from thecompetition他们被淘汰出比赛
by a process of elimination
byremovingfrom severalpossibleanswerstheonesthat areunlikelyto becorrectuntil only one isleft:
使用排除法Weeventuallyfoundtheanswerby aprocessof elimination.我们最终运用排除法得到了答案。
Removing and getting rid of things
- abandonment
- banish
- be scattered to the four windsidiom
- bin
- castsomeone/somethingaside/away/off
- dumping
- eradication
- erasure
- evacuate
- evacuation
- exorcism
- fling
- leach
- scrape
- shedding
- shoo
- shrug
- shrugsomethingoff
- shuck
- sling