to rule out

基本解釋

One way to arrive at a useful definition is to rule out what innovation is not.
列出創(chuàng)新不是什么也許可以幫助我們給它下一個有用的定義。
Except for one thing -- in the rush to rule out a severe brain injury, you forgot the earlier CT scans for that mysterious abdominal pain that went away on its own.
要不是匆匆忙忙去做CT來排除嚴(yán)重的大腦損傷，你就忘記了孩子以前因為那次無緣無故的腹痛曾經(jīng)做過一系列的CT掃描。
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You may need other tests to make sure you have a cataract or to rule out other conditions that may be causing vision problems.
但你可能仍需要另外的檢查來明確你患有白內(nèi)障或排除一些可能引起視力問題的其它情況。

But they could not rule out the possibility of a smaller effect similar to that seen earlier for strokes.
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(shù),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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Then we were able to rule out 46 and above.
那我們也能剔除46及以上的數(shù)
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They wanted the White House to rule out the possibility of them happening altogether.
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