elimination
[ɪˌlɪm.ɪ'neɪ.ʃən] noun uncountable
■the removal of something 排除；消除，清除；淘汰•the elimination of disease/pain消除疾病／解除疼痛 •their elimination from the competition他们被淘汰出局 by a process of elimination
■by removing from several possible answers the ones which are unlikely to be correct until only one is left 用排除法•We eventually found the answer by a process of elimination.我们最终运用排除法得到了答案。 |