expurgate

vt. 删除, 修订, 使纯洁

发音

US /ˈɛks.pɚ.ɡeɪt/

词形变化

expurgated expurgates 三单 expurgates expurgating expurgating 现在分词 expurgated 过去式 expurgated 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To edit out (incorrect, offensive, or otherwise undesirable information) from a book or other publication; to cleanse; to purge.

    及物

    The publisher decided to expurgate the love scene from the book, to make it more child-friendly.

  2. 2.

    To undertake editing out incorrect, offensive, or otherwise undesirable information from (a book or other publication); to cleanse; to purge.

    及物

    The publisher decided to expurgate the book, which meant removing the love scene.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 4

shorten castrate bowdlerise bowdlerize

上位词 7

cut contract reduce shorten abbreviate abridge foreshorten

词源

From Latin expurgātus, perfect passive participle of expurgō (“purge, cleanse, purify”).

来源：wiktionary