expurgated
adjective
formaluk/ˈek.spə.ɡeɪ.tɪd/us/ˈek.spɚ.ɡeɪ.t̬ɪd/(of apieceof writing) withpartsremoved, usually because they areconsideredlikelytocauseoffence:
(文学作品因含有不当内容而)被删减的Only an expurgatedversionof thenovelhas beenpublishedsofar.迄今为止,这本小说只出版过一个删减版。
Theplaywill beavailabletoschooldramaclubsin an expurgatedform.该剧将以删减的形式提供给学校戏剧俱乐部。
See
expurgate
- Hip-hopfanshave come toexpectthat many oftheirfavouritesongswillreachradioin expurgatedform.
- It was up to thecommitteetodecidewhether the expurgatedevidenceshould bepublished.
- Thatdraftwasreviewedby the agency’sreviewboardand came backheavilyexpurgated.
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