PHRASAL VERB If you rule out a course of action, an idea, or a solution, you decide that it is impossible or unsuitable. 不考虑; 排除
The Treasury Department has ruled out using a weak dollar as the main solution for the country's trade problems.
财政部已经不考虑使用疲软美元作为解决该国贸易问题的主要办法。
PHRASAL VERB If something rules out a situation, it prevents it from happening or from being possible. 阻止…发生; 使…不可能
A serious car accident in 1986 ruled out a permanent future for him in farming.
1986年的一起严重车祸使他永远无法务农了。
They didn't rule out coalition with the Social Democrats.
他们不排除与社会民主党人结盟的可能性。
He refused to rule out the possibility of a tax increase.
他拒绝排除增税的可能性。
But they could not rule out the possibility of a smaller effect similar to that seen earlier for strokes.
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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.
我现在要说的就是,逻辑上讲,即便你是物理主义者,也无法排除生存的可能性。
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的数,不仅首先自己要是理性的,而且也要知道别人也是理性的
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