The new filtration system was designed to eliminate microplastics before the water ever reached the municipal reservoir.
这套新的过滤系统旨在水进入市政水库之前就清除微塑料。
Advocates of remote work claim it boosts productivity by eliminating commutes and office distractions.
From a Cross-Text Connections question · Craft and Structure
The article begins by acknowledging that automation has eliminated many manufacturing jobs, but it spends the bulk of its length arguing that automation has also created new categories of employment in fields like robotics maintenance and software design.
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A separate research team led by Hana Yamada found that increased snowfall at the glacier's highest elevations, linked to a regional shift in storm patterns, is adding mass at the top of the glacier fast enough to partially offset the melting occurring lower down, though not eliminate it.
From a Cross-Text Connections question · Craft and Structure
Which choice best defines “eliminate”?
B — Remove, get rid of. “eliminate” means remove, get rid of.
Which word means “remove, get rid of”?
D — eliminate. “eliminate” means remove, get rid of.
eliminate — remove, get rid of. In Chinese: 消除，淘汰.
eliminate is pronounced /ɪˈlɪmɪneɪt/.
The new filtration system was designed to eliminate microplastics before the water ever reached the municipal reservoir. (这套新的过滤系统旨在水进入市政水库之前就清除微塑料。)
remove, eradicate, abolish — all close in meaning to eliminate (remove, get rid of).
retain, introduce — each the opposite of eliminate (remove, get rid of).
Yes. eliminate is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
e(out)+limin(doorstep, threshold)+ate(verb).