expurgate

expurgate

美 ['ekspəgeɪt] 　英 ['ekspəgeɪt]

• v.删除…中的不当之处；略去…中的不雅之处
• 网络删去；使纯洁；删节

词形变化

第三人称单数：expurgates  现在分词：expurgating  过去式：expurgated  

英汉双解

英汉解释

v.	1. 使纯洁,删去(书籍的不妥处)

英英解释

v.	1. to remove words or passages considered offensive or unsuitable from a book before publication

例句

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

我想，我最喜欢莎士比亚的洁本诗集。我常常希望他完全埋头于这一类干净东西就好了。

bowdlerize: To expurgate (a book, for example) prudishly.

删节：谦逊地删节（如一本书）。