to rule out

基本解释

One way to arrive at a useful definition is to rule out what innovation is not.
列出創新不是什麽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來排除嚴重的大腦損傷，你就忘記了孩子以前因爲那次無緣無故的腹痛曾經做過一系列的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障或排除一些可能引起眡力問題的其它情況。

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,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
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They wanted the White House to rule out the possibility of them happening altogether.
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