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...
幫助該國改變了以往形象改觀的事件
The name of the ship had been effaced from the menus.
那艘船的名字已經從選擇選單中刪除了。
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.
時光的流逝絕不會把那廢墟的景象從我的記憶中沖淡.
He could not efface the impression from his mind.
他不能把這個印象從心中抹去.
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.
雪莉參加聚會時竭力不露面.
Time and weather have long ago efface the inscription on the monument.
歲月和風雨早已磨掉紀念碑上的銘文.