eliminate

英[ɪ'lɪmɪneɪt] 美[ɪ'lɪmɪnet]

第三人称单数: eliminates;过去式: eliminated;过去分词: eliminated;现在分词: eliminating;名词: elimination;

1. e- "out" + limin- + -ate.
2. To eliminate somebody is literally to "kick them out of doors".
3. => exclude, expel waste from the body.

eliminate 排除

e-, 向外。-limin, 界限，门槛，词源同limit, sublime.

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.

1. You could never eliminate risk, but preparation and training could attenuate it.: 风险不可能完全消除，但可以通过防范和培训来降低。

2. America wants to eliminate tariffs on items such as electronics.: 美国打算取消电子产品等的关税。

3. Credit cards eliminate the need to carry a lot of cash.: 有了信用卡就用不着携带很多现金。

4. She went through the typescript carefully to eliminate all errors from it.: 她认真地检查了打字稿,从排除所有的错误.