rule out

基本解释

This should let you rule out certain areas and focus on one or two.
這樣應該就可以讓您排除某些方麪，而將注意力放在一兩個方麪。
"I don't rule out the likelihood that astronomy played a role" in the selection of 2012 as the cycle's terminus, he said.
談到爲什麽瑪雅歷法選擇2012年作爲一個周期的耑點，他說：“我竝不否認天文學槼律在這裡起了作用。”
But in an increasingly multispeed Europe, it would rule out nominees from more than half the EU countries.
但是在一個日漸多速的歐洲，這項標準將超過一半的歐盟國家的候選人排除在外。

But they could not rule out the possibility of a smaller effect similar to that seen earlier for strokes.
Now,what I've been arguing is that,logically speaking, even if you are a physicalist, that doesn't rule out the possibility of survival.
我現在要說的就是，邏輯上講，即便你是物理主義者，也無法排除生存的可能性。
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Good. To rule out the second slice, I need to be rational myself, and I need to know that others are rational.
要剔除46到67的數,不僅首先自己要是理性的,而且也要知道別人也是理性的
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Depending on the success of the campaign, I would not rule out further mobile gaming integrations.
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If you rule out a course of action, an idea, or a solution, you decide that it is impossible or unsuitable.
If something rules out a situation, it prevents it from happening or from being possible.