English Dictionary

eliminate

/ɪˈlɪməneɪt/

verb

(transitive) To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to. / (transitive, slang) To kill (a person or animal). / (transitive, intransitive, physiology) To excrete (waste products).

They need to eliminate all the unnecessary expenses.

意味（1）

(transitive) To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.

Last year, the company eliminated hundreds of jobs and asked some of the remaining staff to take on the responsibilities of those who were let go.

意味（2）

(transitive, slang) To kill (a person or animal).

a ruthless mobster who eliminated his enemies

意味（3）

(transitive, intransitive, physiology) To excrete (waste products).

In one study, 65.8% of the cat owners relinquishing a cat thought that their cat eliminated outside the litter box or destroyed furniture to spite them.

意味（4）

(transitive) To exclude (from investigation or from further competition).

Bill was eliminated as a suspect when the police interviewed witnesses.

意味（5）

(accounting) To record amounts in a consolidation statement to remove the effects of inter-company transactions.