He refused to rule out the possibility of a tax increase.

他拒绝排除增税的可能性。

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American parents may soon be able to rule violent TV programmes out of bounds.

美国父母也许很快就能禁止暴力电视节目的播放。

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The lack of light in Europa's subsurface ocean doesn't automatically rule out life forming.

木卫二的地下海洋缺乏光线，但这没有排除生命形成的可能性。

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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。

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In the sixteenth century, the native Egyptians, who were smarting and smoldering under the humiliating foreign rule of the Hyksos, finally succeeded in rising up and driving them out, and reestablishing a native Egyptian dynasty.

在十六世纪，埃及当地人，他们痛苦而煎熬,在让人蒙羞的希克索斯人的统治之下，他们最终成功的起义并将外族驱逐出去，他们重新建立了埃及王朝。

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But exempting sports programming takes much of the bite out of the rule change.

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Gary Scalone proved to be an exception to the out of luck rule, but just barely.

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He was seen as a moderniser who led Turkey out of military rule and backed the US-led coalition against Iraq.

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