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(排除) eliminate through selection or competition; be sifted out; weed out
clean it out
淘汰出去
He was eliminated in the very first round.
他在第一轮比赛中就被淘汰了。
(废除不用) die out; fall into disuse; obsolete
Automation has obsoleted many unskilled workers.
自动化使很多非技术工人受到淘汰。