今天學(xué)的詞組是rule out。 Rule out就是把某件事或某種可能性排除在外。比如日本外相在北韓宣稱進(jìn)行核試驗(yàn)之后宣布日本絕不考慮發(fā)展核武器。Japan ruled out nuclear arms。Rule out也有不允許或妨礙做某件事的意思。比如美國天主教會(huì)最近宣布它們的教會(huì)學(xué)校不會(huì)增加招收非基督徒學(xué)生,"The Catholic church ruled out admitting more non-faith students."
在日常生活中, 我們有時(shí)不得不改變計(jì)劃。比如, 突然下起了暴雨,沒有辦法去野餐了,"The storm ruled out a picnic trip." 突然失業(yè)了,我們只好取消買房子的計(jì)劃。We had to rule out buying a house。今天學(xué)的詞組是rule out...