effaced
past simple and past participle ofefface
| 单词 | effaced |
| 释义 | effaced past simple and past participle ofefface efface verb uk/ɪˈfeɪs/us/ɪˈfeɪs/effaceverb(REMOVE)[T]formal toremovesomethingintentionally: Thewholecountryhadtriedto efface thememoryof theolddictatorship. Deleting writing
effaceverb(BE MODEST)effaceyourself tobehavein amodestway andtreatthe good things that you haveachievedas if they are notimportant, often because you do not have muchconfidence See also self-effacing Shy and modest
Examplesofeffacedeffaced In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. It might also be said that the old centre had been segmented and expanded rather thaneffacedor eclipsed. From theCambridge English Corpus They areeffacedbecause the fundamental theory-samaritanism-is not paternalistic and is not voluntaristic. From theCambridge English Corpus Characters are not integral and whole: they are partially imprinted, partiallyeffaced, and ultimately fragmented to be remade. From theCambridge English Corpus Once it got overlaid on the map's magic carpet, the line on papereffacedmemory of the telegraph line. From theCambridge English Corpus Early deficits, if they occur, areeffacedby subsequent development. From theCambridge English Corpus Her entire memory appeared to have beeneffaced. From theCambridge English Corpus The passage from invention to medical use was noweffaced, as was the history of its production and conditioning. From theCambridge English Corpus After 1900, then, the gender differences in social background suddenly becameeffaced. From theCambridge English Corpus Pygidium witheffacedaxis narrowing behind; long median spine; narrow posterior margin; wide posterior pleural field. From theCambridge English Corpus But this image is soeffacedand worn away by vice, so darkened by the smoke of sin, that it cannot do what it was made to do unless. From theCambridge English Corpus The poem must therefore have been composed before 751, probably well before, when the dynasty-name was still familiar, in contrast to later times when it had beeneffaced. From theCambridge English Corpus The kneeling postures called for in the disposizione create a similar effect: the body is brieflyeffaced, abject, in communion not with the audience but with a higher power. From theCambridge English Corpus Bedeeffacedits shortcomings and, in verse and prose, produced pieces of properly religious literature. From theCambridge English Corpus The extreme limitations of the desert sun and night sky wereeffacedby exterior radiant slabs and a rooftop dwelling that was half gloriette and half 'altana'. From theCambridge English Corpus The scars that are being inflicted on our cities can be very quicklyeffaced. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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