(1) 除去，削除(get rid of; remove) [T+n，T+n+prep(from)]： efforts to～poverty 消除貧窮的努力;～mistakes from an essay/luxuries from the budget/wastes from the body 改正文章中的錯(cuò)誤/砍掉預(yù)算中的奢侈開支/清除體內(nèi)的廢物; 〖同〗 exclude，drop，remove; 〖反〗 obtain，get，add，include;
(2) 消滅(kill ruthlessly) [T+n] (infml)：～one's political opponents 消滅政敵;
(3) 淘汰，逐出 (remove or disqualify，as by defeat in a contest) [T+n，T+n+prep(from)] [尤 pass]：～the losing teams in the first round/in the heats 第一輪/在預(yù)賽中淘汰失利的隊(duì); be～d from the contest/from the tennis match/from the competition 從競賽/網(wǎng)球比賽/競爭中被淘汰; 〖同〗 exclude，reject;〖反〗invite，include，accept，admit;
→ e?limi′nation n 排除;e′liminative adj 排除的;e′liminator n 排除者;
【辨異】eliminate和exclude均可表示消除。eliminate 強(qiáng)調(diào)將存在的某物或某個(gè)想法從某處或某種局面中除掉，如：eliminate fear from one's thinking (消除思想上的恐懼);exclude 則表示不讓某人或某物進(jìn)入，如：exclude the possibility of murder (排除謀殺的可能性)。