rule out
phrasal verbrule somebody/something out
- rule somebody/something out (as something) to state that something is not possible or that somebody/something is not suitable
把…排除在外；认为…不适合 - Police have not ruled out the possibility that the man was murdered.
警方尚未排除那个男子是被谋杀的可能性。 - The proposed solution was ruled out as too expensive.
建议的解决方案被认为花钱太多而遭否决。 - This theory cannot be ruled out altogether.
这一理论不能完全不予考虑。
- Police have not ruled out the possibility that the man was murdered.
- to prevent somebody from doing something; to prevent something from happening
阻止；防止…发生 - His age effectively ruled him out as a possible candidate.
他的年岁使他根本不可能成为候选人。
- His age effectively ruled him out as a possible candidate.