expunge
英 [ɪk'spʌn(d)ʒ; ek-]
美[ɪk'spʌndʒ]
- vt. 擦去；删掉
词态变化
第三人称单数: expunges;过去式: expunged;过去分词: expunged;现在分词: expunging;
助记提示
1. 构词原理与 extinguish、extinction 差不多。
中文词源
expunge 删除
ex-, 向外。-pung, 刺，词源同pungent, point. 即拔刺，拔掉，删除。
英英释意
- 1. remove by erasing or crossing out;
- "Please strike this remark from the record"
英文词源
- expunge
- expunge: see punctuation
- expunge (v.)
- c. 1600, from Latin expungere "prick out, blot out, mark (a name on a list) for deletion" by pricking dots above or below it, literally "prick out," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + pungere "to prick, stab" (see pungent). According to OED, taken by early lexicographers in English to "denote actual obliteration by pricking;" it adds that the sense probably was influenced by sponge. Related: Expunged; expunging.
实用场景例句
- Details of his criminal activities were expunged from the file.
- 他犯罪活动的详细情况已从档案中删去。
牛津词典
- What happened just before the accident was expunged from his memory.
- 事故前一刻发生的事他都记不得了。
牛津词典
- The revolutionaries expunged domestic opposition...
- 革命者肃清了国内敌对势力。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The experience was something he had tried to expunge from his memory...
- 他曾努力将那段经历从记忆中抹去。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He could not expunge the incident from his memory.
- 他无法忘掉这件事.
期刊摘选
- Remember that you can expunge anything you find undesirable. You need only the will.
- 记住,你可以除去任何你发现令你讨厌的东西. 你只需要有决心.
期刊摘选
- Wonder when to expunge that kitchen sponge from your life?
- 你对何时换掉厨房里的海绵有疑问?
期刊摘选
- The juvenile court may expunge or destroy the records of a juvenile at any time.
- 少年法庭可在任何时候删除或者销毁未成年人的记录.
口语例句
- Remember that you can expunge anything you find undesirable.
- 记住,你可以除去任何你发现令你讨厌的东西.
期刊摘选
- The juvenile court may expunge or destroy the records a juvenile at any time.
- 少年法庭可在任何时候删除是销毁未成年人的法庭判决记录.
期刊摘选
- The experience was something he had tried to expunge from his memory.
- 他曾努力将那段经历从记忆中抹去。
柯林斯例句