expurgate
verb[Tusually passive]
formaluk/ˈek.spə.ɡeɪt/us/ˈek.spɚ.ɡeɪt/toremovepartsof apieceof writing that areconsideredlikelytocauseoffence:
删除(不当之处);删去(可能使人反感的地方)Thebookwas expurgated to make itsuitableforchildren.这本书进行了删节,以适合儿童阅读。
Synonym
bowdlerizedisapproving
Removing and getting rid of things
- abandonment
- banish
- be scattered to the four windsidiom
- bin
- castsomeone/somethingaside/away/off
- dumping
- eradication
- erase
- erasure
- evacuate
- evacuation
- exorcism
- fling
- scrape
- shoo
- shrug
- shrugsomethingoff
- shuck
- shucksomethingoff
- sling