efface
vt. 擦掉; 抹去; 超越; 使黯然失色
To efface something means to destroy or remove it so that it cannot be seen any more.
...an event that has helped efface the country's traditional image...
帮助该国改变了以往形象改观的事件
The name of the ship had been effaced from the menus.
那艘船的名字已经从选择菜单中删除了。
1. remove completely from recognition or memory;
2. make inconspicuous;
3. remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing;
The lapse of year will never efface that scene of ruins from my memory.
时光的流逝绝不会把那废墟的景象从我的记忆中冲淡.
He could not efface the impression from his mind.
他不能把这个印象从心中抹去.
He would have to efface himself before his visitors.
他每每只好在客人面前躲而避之.
Shriley did her best to efface herself at parties.
雪莉参加聚会时竭力不露面.
Time and weather have long ago efface the inscription on the monument.
岁月和风雨早已磨掉纪念碑上的铭文.