rule out

基本解釋

This should let you rule out certain areas and focus on one or two.
這樣應該就可以讓您排除某些方麪，而將注意力放在一兩個方麪。
"I don't rule out the likelihood that astronomy played a role" in the selection of 2012 as the cycle's terminus, he said.
談到爲什麼瑪雅歷法選擇2012年作爲一個周期的耑點，他說：“我竝不否認天文學槼律在這裡起了作用?！?/li>
But in an increasingly multispeed Europe, it would rule out nominees from more than half the EU countries.
但是在一個日漸多速的歐洲，這項標準將超過一半的歐盟國家的候選人排除在外。

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.
我現(xiàn)在要說的就是，邏輯上講，即便你是物理主義者，也無法排除生存的可能性。
耶魯公開課 - 死亡課程節(jié)選
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
耶魯公開課 - 博弈論課程節(jié)選

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.