| 词汇 | expurgation |
| 释义 | expurgation noun[ C or U ] formaluk /ˌek.spəˈɡeɪ.ʃən/ us /ˌek.spɚˈɡeɪ.ʃən/ the act of removing parts of a piece of writing that are considered likely to cause offence, or a piece of writing that has had parts removed like this: （对文学作品中不当内容的）删减，删改;（文学作品的）删节版 The publication now undergoes a great deal of expurgation. 该出版物现在经历了大量的删改。 Thomas Bowdler published expurgations of Shakespeare for family reading.托马斯•鲍德勒出版了供家庭阅读的莎士比亚作品删节版。 See expurgate The version of the novel in circulation for many years was the expurgation by the author’s sister. The editor was criticized for the deliberate expurgation of content from the published diaries. The jury heard the story with some expurgation. Removing and getting rid of things abandonment banish be scattered to the four windsidiom bin cast someone/something aside/away/off dumping eradication eradication of something erase erasure evacuate evacuate someone from something shedding shoo shrug shrug something off shuck sling toss turf |
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