expurgate

英 [ˈekspəɡeɪt]

美 [ˈekspərɡeɪt]

v.  删除…中的不当之处; 略去…中的不雅之处

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

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牛津词典

verb

• 删除…中的不当之处；略去…中的不雅之处
  to remove or leave out parts of a piece of writing or a conversation when printing or reporting it, because you think those parts could offend people

柯林斯词典

• VERB 删去，删除（著作中有所冒犯或令人震惊之处）
  If someoneexpurgatesa piece of writing, they remove parts of it before it is published because they think those parts will offend or shock people.
  1. He heavily expurgated the work in its second edition.
     在第二版中，他对书中内容进行了大幅删减。

英英释义

verb

• edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
  1. bowdlerize a novel
  Synonym:bowdlerizebowdlerisecastrateshorten

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