eliminate
英 [?'l?m?ne?t]
美 [?'l?m?net]
助記提示
1. e- "out" + limin- + -ate.
2. To eliminate somebody is literally to "kick them out of doors".
3. => exclude, expel waste from the body.
中文詞源
eliminate 排除e-, 向外。-limin, 界限，門檻，詞源同limit, sublime.
英文詞源
- eliminate
- eliminate: [16] To eliminate somebody is literally to ‘kick them out of doors’. The word comes from the past participle of Latin ēlīnāre, a compound verb formed from the prefix ex- ‘out’ and līmen ‘threshhold’ (source also of English subliminal and probably sublime). At first it was used in English with its original Latin sense (‘the secounde sorte thearfore, that eliminate Poets out of their citie gates’, Giles Fletcher, Christ’s Victorie 1610), and it was not until the early 18th century that the more general modern notion of ‘exclusion’ began to develop.
=> sublime, subliminal - eliminate (v.)
- 1560s, from Latin eliminatus, past participle of eliminare "thrust out of doors, expel," from ex limine "off the threshold," from ex "off, out" (see ex-) + limine, ablative of limen "threshold" (see limit (n.)).
Used literally at first; sense of "exclude" first attested 1714; sense of "expel waste from the body" is c. 1795. Related: Eliminated; eliminating; eliminative; eliminatory.
雙語例句
- 1. You could never eliminate risk, but preparation and training could attenuate it.
- 風險不可能完全消除，但可以通過防范和培訓來降低。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. America wants to eliminate tariffs on items such as electronics.
- 美國打算取消電子產品等的關稅。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Credit cards eliminate the need to carry a lot of cash.
- 有了信用卡就用不著攜帶很多現金。
來自《權威詞典》
- 4. She went through the typescript carefully to eliminate all errors from it.
- 她認真地檢查了打字稿,從排除所有的錯誤.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. Can we ever eliminate poverty from the world?
- 我們有朝一日能消除世上的貧困 嗎 ?
來自《簡明英漢詞典》