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单词 expunge
释义
expunge
verb[T]
formal
uk
/ɪkˈspʌndʒ/us
/ɪkˈspʌndʒ/
toruboff orremoveinformationfrom apieceof writing:
删去；抹去；勾销
Hisnamehas been expungedfromthelistofmembers.他的名字被从成员名单中删除了。
tocausesomething to beforgotten:
使淡忘；（从记忆中）抹掉
She has beenunableto expunge thedetailsof theaccidentfromhermemory.那次事故的细节总是萦绕在她记忆中，怎样都无法抹去。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Removing and getting rid of things
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  • castsomeone/somethingaside/away/off
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  • eradication
  • erase
  • erasure
  • evacuate
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Forgetting and forgetfulness
(Definition ofexpungefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofexpunge

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If a man has gone straight for a number of years, there should be some provision by which his record can be expunged in time.
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We could hardly expect these particular social problems, which have existed for several centuries in some cases, to be expunged in a short period.
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If the discount is so significant, why is it expunged after three years?
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Certain events can be expunged from the record, and forgotten.
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I contend that the text concerning a common external policy should be expunged.
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However, the three-year period for expunging those penalty points is still too long.
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He has said there is no method of diminishing or expunging these great debts except through unrequited exports.
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After all, timber is material which can eventually be replaced, but human life cannot and human suffering cannot be expunged.
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Of all the hundreds of hymns contained in the various hymn books, most of them should be expunged.
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He upheld the appeal completely and expunged the 9 points, the fine and the costs award.
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Repayment would be impossible because the register is conclusive and all details of that person's liability would have to be expunged from the register.
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We gave many examples of where the targets have been not only missed, but in some cases quietly expunged or forgotten.
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At the end of three years without any fresh offence the endorsements on the licences are expunged.
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The football authorities and the overwhelming majority of fans agree that racism is an obscenity that must be expunged from football and from other sports.
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The university vote infringes that principle; therefore, it should be expunged from our system.
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