expurgate

expurgate，英語單詞，主要用作及物動詞，作及物動詞時譯為“刪除，刪去”。

基本介紹

• 外文名：expurgate
• 詞性：及物動詞
• 英式發音：[ˈekspəɡeɪt]
• 美式發音：[ˈekspərɡeɪt]

單詞用法

1.V-T If someone expurgates a piece of writing, they remove parts of it before it is published because they think those parts will offend or shock people. (作品出版前因考量內容尺度而做的)刪減 [正式]

2. expurgated ADJ

短語搭配

expurgate e 刪除 ; 使清潔 ; 使純潔

Expurgate Vetus 羅馬聖詠

expurgate - 刪除

bowdlerize-expurgate 刪改書中不好的地方

雙語例句

I think I like Shakespeare's expurgate poem best, and I often wish that He has confined himself entirely to that kind.

我想，我最喜歡莎士比亞的潔本詩集。我常常希望他完全埋頭於這一類乾淨東西就好了。