expurgates的中文翻譯是什麼意思

expurgates

/ˈekspəˌgeɪts/

v. 刪除(書等中的)令人反感的成分,修訂,刪去(不當處)( expurgate的第三人稱單數 )

expurgates柯林斯釋義

VERB刪去,刪除(著作中有所冒犯或令人震驚之處)

If someone expurgates a piece of writing, they remove parts of it before it is published because they think those parts will offend or shock people.

  • He heavily expurgated the work in its second edition.

    在第二版中,他對書中內容進行了大幅刪減。