柯林斯英汉双解大词典
rule out ( ruling, ruled, rules )
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PHRASAL VERB If you rule out a course of action, an idea, or a solution, you decide that it is impossible or unsuitable. 不考虑; 排除
例：The Treasury Department has ruled out using a weak dollar as the main solution for the country's trade problems.
财政部已经不考虑使用疲软美元作为解决该国贸易问题的主要办法。
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PHRASAL VERB If something rules out a situation, it prevents it from happening or from being possible. 阻止…发生; 使…不可能
例：A serious car accident in 1986 ruled out a permanent future for him in farming.
1986年的一起严重车祸使他永远无法务农了。
双语例句原声例句权威例句
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They didn't rule out coalition with the Social Democrats.
他们不排除与社会民主党人结盟的可能性。
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He refused to rule out the possibility of a tax increase.
他拒绝排除增税的可能性。
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Physical and eye examinations, with special attention to cardiac and blood-pressure problems, should be performed annually to rule out serious medical conditions.
每年应进行身体和眼睛检查，特别注意心脏和血压问题，以排除严重的疾病。
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"Some we cannot rule out are the constant discussions of so-called medical marijuana, marijuana legalization, and the downplaying of marijuana harms so prevalent in today's media."
VOA: special.2010.10.11
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Because we made time and space independently, was we in fact violating the time-out rule?
因为将时间和空间,分开考虑，违背腾时间原则了吗？
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So even if determinism were true of us, that wouldn't rule out our having free will, because you can-- appearances to the contrary notwithstanding-- have both determinism and free will.
所以即使我们真的服从于决定论,那也不能排除我们有自由意志的可能,因为你能,尽管表面看来并非如此,同时遵从决定论和拥有自由意志
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