a husband/wife，usually because
they are rich or attractive (指认为可做夫妻的男女）合意的，合适的，
中意的► eli.gi.bil.ity Aelidsa’bdati/
[U] elim.in-ate /ilimmert/ verfc V[VN]〜sth/sb (from sth) to remove or get rid of sth/sb 排除；清除；g 除：Credit cards
eh'minate the need to car7y,a Zot.o/cash•有了信用 卡就用不着携带很多现金。◊
rhepoiice have eHminated two suspects 介om
their investigation.警方通过调查已
经排除了.两 4 嫌疑犯。◊
rhis diet daims to eiiminate tojrins介om the
body.这种饮食据称具有排除体内毒素的
作用。2 [VN] -
sb (from sth) [usually passive] to defeat a person or a team so that they no
longer take part in a competition，etc.(比赛中）掏汰 BCE] knock
out: All the English
teams were eliminated in the early stages 〇/the competition.所有英格兰队伍在比赛初期就被淘汰
T。 3 [VN] (/b/wfl/) to kill sb，especially
an enemy or opponent嬙灭，干掉（尤指敌人逢对手）：Most
t/ie regime^ left-wing opponents were eliminated, IX.
的左翼反对派多数已被除掉。>61丨01.丨11^01|/1,111111- 'neijn/ noun [U, C]： the elimination of disease/poverty/ crime
消除$病 / 贫困 / 犯罪◊ TTiere
were three eliminations in the first round of the competition.
一轮淘汰了三个队。Othe
eHminarion 〇/ tojrins介om t/ie ”办.排除体内毒素
e,limi'nation
reaction /7〇wn (che/rj/s^y 化）a
chemical reaction which involves the separation of a substance from other
substances消除反应（一种物质从其他物质分
离的化学反应 > 一 compare addition reaction eH-sion /1I1311/ /7〇w/7 [U, C] (p/7〇nef/cs 语音）the act
of leaving out the sound of part of a word when you are pronouncing it, as in
we’//, c/on’t and /ef’s 省音，省略部
分读音（如 we’ll、don’t 和 let’s )——see also elide
elite /ei'liit;
i'li:t/ noun
[C+sing./pl. v.] a group of people in a society, etc. who are powerftil and
have a lot of influence, because they are rich, intelligent, etc.
(统称）掌权人物，社会精英：a
member 〇/the ruling/
fnteHectua〖 dite上层统治集团的成员；知识界的精英◊
Public opinion is influenced, by the small elite who control the media.舆论为少数控制着新闻媒介的上层人士所
■左右。〇 In these countries, only the elite
can afford an education /or their chikZren.在这些国家里，只看上层人
士才供得起子女上学。►
elite <?〇[/• [on丨y before noun]: cm
eZite group 〇/senior oj^cfak —说出类拔萃的高级會员◊
an e〖ite
miiitary academy高级军官学校
elit-ism /ei'liitizam; i-/ noun [U] (often disapproving) 1 a way
of organizing a system, society, etc. so that only a few people (= an elite)
have power or influence 精英统
治；精英主乂： Many peopie beZieve that private education
encourages ditism•许多 人认为 私立教 育助长精英主
义。2! the feeling of
being better than other people that being part of an elite encourages 高人一等的优越感
► elit-ist adj. ： an eZirist modeZ 〇/ society 精英士冶紅社会
模式◊ She accused him 〇/ being fist.她也舍地自^为
髙人一等。el,it.istA7〇w/i
elixir /i'liksa(r); BrE also -si3(r)/ noun {literary) a magic liquid that is believed to cure illnesses or to make people
live for ever圣水;灵丹妙药；长生不老药：the elixir o/Zi/e/youth长生不荖/永葆青春药
Eliza-bethan /i.liza'biiBn/ adj. connected with the time when Queen Elizabeth I was
queen of England (1558- 1603)伊丽莎白女王一世时代韌► Eliza.bethan now/?: Shakespeare was an jEZizabethan•莎士比亚是伊丽莎白女
王一世时代的人。
elk /elk/ noun {pi. elk or elks) 1 (BrE) a large deer that lives in northern
北美洲称 moose > 2 (/V/\/r?£) = wapiti 3 Elk a member of the Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks, a US social organization that gives money to charity (美国） 厄尔克思慈善互助会会员（捐款给慈善机构）/
'elk
hound noun a
large dog used for hunting, with rough long grey hair猎鹿犬（大型灰色长毛犬）
ell /el/ noun a unit used in
the past for measuring cloth, equal to about 45 inches or 115 centimetres 埃尔（旧 时量布的长度单位，相当于45英寸或115厘米）
wapiti (/VAmf fl/so elk)美洲赤鹿
el.lipse /I'lips/ noun (technical 7(t
i§) a regular oval shape, like a
circle that has been squeezed on two sides 椭® — picture o conic
section eMip-sis /I'lipsis/ noun {pi. eMip-ses
/-si:z/) [C, U]
1
(grammar the act of leaving out a word or words from a
sentence deliberately, when the meaning can be understood without them (词在句子中的_):省略
2
three dots (...) used to show that a word or words have been left out 省略号
eMip-tic-al /iliptikl/
adj. 1
(especially grammar fe)
with a word or words left out of a sentence deliberately 省略的；隐晦的：an
eHfpricaf remark (= one that suggests more than is actually said)隐晦的g 2
(also /e« frequent eMip-tic /I'liptik/)
(geometry A M)
connected with or in the form of an ellipse
椭圆如；楠圆形的
►
eMip-tic-al-ly /-kli/ adv. ： to
spea^c/im’te eHfpticaHy 说 得/写得晦涩难懂
Ellis
Island /.elis 'ailand/ noun a small island
near New York City that from 1892 to 1943 was the official place of entry for
people coming to live in the US from other countries埃里斯岛（美国纽约市附近的小岛，1892至 1943年间是美国的移民检査站）
elm /elm/ noun 1 [C, U]
(also 'elm tree) a tall
tree with broad leaves 榆树：a 〖ine
o/statdy —排雄伟壮观
的榆树◊ TTie hedgerows were planted with
eim. & — 择 排树篱是用榆树植成的。2 [U]
the hard wood of the elm tree榆木
El
Nino /,el 'niinjau; NAmE -jou/ noun [U] a set of
changes in the weather system near the coast of northern Peru and Ecuador that
happens every few years, causing the surface of the Pacific Ocean there to
become warmer and having severe effects on the weather in many parts of the
world 尼尔尼诺现象，圣
婴现象（南美洲西海岸每隔数年一次海温升髙的现象，导
致太平洋水温上升，严重影响全球多处气候）一compare LaNina
elo-cu-tion
/.ela'kjurjn/ noun [U] the ability to speak clearly and correctly,
especially in public and pronouncing the words in a way that is considered to
be socially acceptable演讲技圬；演说术
elong-ate /'iilDijgeit;
NAmE Vlonj-/
verb [v, VN] to become longer; to make sth longer (使）变长，伸长；拉长
Pin lengthen ►
elonga-tion
/.iilDij'geiJn; NAmE ,i:lo:r)-/ noun [U]： the elongation of vowel sounds elong-ated /'iilDrjgeitid; NAmE i'lo：Qr/ adj. long and thin, often in a way that is not normal 细政的拉得又
细又长的.：ModigHani’s women have strcmgdy
don^ated /aces.莫迪里阿尼画中的妇女都长着奇长无比的脸。
elope /i.laup; I’loup/ vwMV]〜（with sb) to run
away with sb in order
to marry them secretly 私奔
elope-ment /ilaupmant; NAmE I'loup-/ noun [C, U