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Eliminate V Limit Sense I'limineit V.除去,淘汰 英 除去

单词 eliminate
音标 [i'limineit]
解释 v.除去,淘汰
红宝书 【英】 v. 除去, 淘汰(remove, eradicate)
【记】 e+limin(门槛)+ate→ 扔出门槛→除去
【例】 eliminate the mistakes from your writing
字源 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.
不择手段背单词 v. 消除; 淘汰(不予考虑或忽略) = remove = eradicate
【记】e出, limi界限一扔出界限一淘汰
趣味全助记 【记】e 出 + limit 限制出去,考试就是设限制,除出去不合格的

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