expunge

英 [ɪk'spʌndʒ] 美 [ɪk'spʌndʒ]

• vt. 擦掉；删掉；除去

英英释义

Verb:

1. remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line;

   "Please strike this remark from the record"
   "scratch that remark"
   

例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. She expunged the sound of his voice from the tape recording.
   她从录音带上抹去了他的说话声。
2. The editor expunged a passage from the book.
   该编辑删去了书中的一段。
3. Nothing can expunge the shame of what he did.
   他行为的可耻是无法抹去的。
4. Her name was expunged from the list.
   她的名字已从名册上除掉。
5. Civilization may be expunged if there is another world war.
   如再打一场世界大战，人类文明可能会遭到毁灭。

经典引文

• Certain moments she wanted to expunge completely from his mind.

  出自： E. F. Benson

• A culture cannot be expunged from the face of the earth by political directive.

  出自： Y. Menuhin

近反义词

【近义词】

• erase 抹去
• wipe out 消灭
• obliterate 涂去
• purge 整肃
• delete 删除
• rub out 擦掉
• cross out 删去
• edit out 删除
• remove 消除
• cut 切
• censor 检查员
• annul 废除
• strike 罢工
• excise 货物税
• scratch 抓