🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

排除

Pronunciation / Transliteration: pái chú

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Preclude/prɪˈkluːd/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这项规定排除了任何可能性。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To prevent something from happening or make an action or outcome impossible.

    "His injury will preclude him from competing in the championship match."
  2. 2

    To rule out or prevent someone from doing something beforehand.

    "The strict terms of the contract preclude any possibility of renegotiation."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'praecaudere', a combination of 'prae-' (before) and 'claudere' (to shut or close). Entering English in the 17th century, the verb originally maintained the literal sense of shutting out or preventing an action, which later evolved into its standard modern meaning of making an outcome impossible.

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