bowdlerize
vt. 删除(书刊、剧本等中)有伤风化的词语或场面
To bowdlerize a book or film means to take parts of it out before publishing it or showing it.
I'm bowdlerizing it — just slightly changing one or two words so listeners won't be upset.
我在对它作些改动——只是改换个别字眼,好让听众更容易接受。
...a bowdlerised version of the song.
这首歌曲的删节版
1. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate;
If you bowdlerize Story of the Wing , it wouldn't be as interesting a book.
如果删除《西厢记》里的不雅文字, 读起来就没那麽有趣了.