ruling out
排除,排除了,排除在外,排斥
Related Words
Definitions
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- : a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.: the rules of chess.
- : the code of regulations observed by a religious order or congregation: the Franciscan rule.
- : the customary or normal circumstance, occurrence, manner, practice, quality, etc.: the rule rather than the exception.
- : control, government, or dominion: under the rule of a dictator.
- : tenure or conduct of reign or office: during the rule of George III.
- : a prescribed mathematical method for performing a calculation or solving a problem.
- : ruler.
- : Astronomy. the constellation Norma.
- : Printing. a thin, type-high strip of metal, for printing a solid or decorative line or lines.
- : Law. a formal order or direction made by a court, as for governing the procedure of the court or for sending the case before a referee .a legal principle.a court order in a particular case.
- : rules, Penology. a fixed area in the neighborhood of certain prisons within which certain prisoners were allowed to live.the freedom of such an area.
- : Obsolete. behavior.
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ruled, rul·ing.
- : to control or direct; exercise dominating power, authority, or influence over; govern: to rule the empire with severity.
- : to decide or declare judicially or authoritatively; decree: The judge ruled that he should be exiled.
- : to mark with lines, especially parallel straight lines, with the aid of a ruler or the like: to rule paper.
- : to mark out or form by this method: to rule lines on paper.
- : to be superior or preeminent in; dominate by superiority; hold sway over: For centuries, England ruled the seas.
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ruled, rul·ing.
- : to exercise dominating power or influence; predominate.
- : to exercise authority, dominion, or sovereignty.
- : to make a formal decision or ruling, as on a point at law.
- : to be prevalent or current: Higher prices ruled throughout France.
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- : rule out, to prove to be unrelated or not for consideration; eliminate; exclude: to rule out the possibility of error.to make impossible or impracticable: The rainstorm ruled out the holiday camping.
Phrases
- rule of thumb
- rule out
- rule the roost
- as a rule
- exception proves the rule
- ground rules
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Our guys have been great about the rules and we’re adjusting.
My rule of thumb is that if it cooks quickly at a high heat on the stovetop, it will cook quickly under the high heat of a broiler, too.
General rules and guidelines are not likely to be the way to go, she says.
He went back and forth over the legislature’s proposed vaccination rules and has struggled to convince teachers and administrators to reopen schools.
Nextdoor would not comment on individual users but emphasized the site has rules in place against profanity, over-posting, and personal disputes.
Obviously, the first obligation of all liberal democratic governments is to enforce the rule of law.
And so the same creeping rot of the rule of law that the administration has inflicted on immigration now bedevils our drug laws.
Rule 16(c) was a proposed change in the rules at the 1976 Republican Convention.
The rule of law, you see, buckles, bends and sometimes crumbles under the weight of racism, sexism, and classism.
His rule over the country came to an end in 1979 when the director of the KCIA shot Park and his bodyguard to death at dinner.
All elements of expression modify each other, so that no mere rule can cover all cases.
As a rule, however, even in the case of extreme varieties, a careful examination of the specimen will enable it to be identified.
He set down as the second the golden rule, “Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, do ye even so to them.”
Hence arise factions, dissensions, and loss to their religious interests and work; and these intruders seek to rule the others.
This impulse to extend rule appears more plainly in many of the little ceremonial observances of the child.