expurgate ['ekspə:ɡeit]

英汉解释

vt. 删除，删去

同义词

v. bowdlerise，bowdlerize，castrate，shorten

参考例句

1. The moral offen-sive remarks in the book had to be expurgated before it could be printed.
这本书在付印前必须删去道德上冲撞的话语。
2. bowdlerize: To expurgate (a book, for example) prudishly.
删节：谦逊地删节（如一本书）。
3. Damn all expurgate books; the dirty book of all is the expurgate book.
所有的洁本都不是东西；最肮脏的书才是洁本。

英英解释

v.
  1. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate

网络释义

expurgate
删除; 使清洁; 使纯洁; 净化，删去;
expurgate from
删除;
Expurgate Vetus
罗马圣咏;