efface

英 [ɪ'feɪs] 美 [ɪ'feɪs]

• v. 擦掉；抹去；使（自己）不受人注意；忘却

英英释义

Verb:

1. remove completely from recognition or memory;

   "efface the memory of the time in the camps"
   

2. make inconspicuous;

   "efface oneself"
   

3. remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing;

   "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!"
   

经典引文

• In tender Mercy Look on me, And all my Sins efface.

  出自： J. Wesley

词汇搭配

• efface oneself 埋没自己
• self-effacing 不出风头的

近反义词

【近义词】

• obliterate 涂去
• destroy 破坏
• erase 抹去
• rub out 擦掉
• annul 废除
• rub 擦
• out 出
• wipe out 消灭
• eradicate 根除
• wear away 消逝
• rub away 擦掉
• smooth away 克服(使容易...
• erode 腐蚀
• delete 删除
• cancel out 消除
• wipe off 擦掉(除去
• score out 划去