rule out

基本解释

This should let you rule out certain areas and focus on one or two.
这样应该就可以让您排除某些方面，而将注意力放在一两个方面。
"I don't rule out the likelihood that astronomy played a role" in the selection of 2012 as the cycle's terminus, he said.
谈到为什么玛雅历法选择2012年作为一个周期的端点，他说：“我并不否认天文学规律在这里起了作用。”
But in an increasingly multispeed Europe, it would rule out nominees from more than half the EU countries.
但是在一个日渐多速的欧洲，这项标准将超过一半的欧盟国家的候选人排除在外。

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.
我现在要说的就是，逻辑上讲，即便你是物理主义者，也无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的数,不仅首先自己要是理性的,而且也要知道别人也是理性的
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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.