| 词汇 | efface |
| 释义 | efface verb uk /ɪˈfeɪs/ us /ɪˈfeɪs/ effaceverb (REMOVE)[ T ]formal to remove something intentionally: 抹去，擦掉;消除 The whole country had tried to efface the memory of the old dictatorship.整个国家都曾试图将那段独裁历史从记忆中抹去。 Deleting writing blank blank something out cross cross someone/something off (something) cross something out delete deletion edit edit something out erasable erase rub rub something out score something out/through sensitivity read sensitivity reader strike X, x effaceverb (BE MODEST)efface yourself to behave in a modest way and treat the good things that you have achieved as if they are not important, often because you do not have much confidence保持低调;使自己不被人注意;不露锋芒 See also self-effacing Shy and modest aw shucks backward bashful bashfully bashfulness humility inadequacy inadequate indoorsiness indoorsy reticence reticently retiring self-conscious self-consciously shyly shyness unassuming wallflower withdrawn Examples of effaceefface Having done so, they are finding opportunities to explore more fully the art of architecture wherein 'the engineer is effaced' and the lineamenta precede and direct the materia of building. Now, one person as a producer is separate from the other producer by the playing out of the division of labor - that "organization" which effaces the constitutive singularities. The other side of the coin to her devotion to patriarchal order is her 'character trait' based upon a 'polymorphic energy that effaces boundaries, collapses distinctions, and confuses identities'. The poem must therefore have been composed before 751, probably well before, when the dynasty-name was still familiar, in contrast to later times when it had been effaced. Assimilation implies that a minority increasingly takes on the characteristics of the majority, in the process diluting or effacing cultural characteristics that mark them out as different. To proponents of deliberative democracy, it may appear that my argument effaces the sharpest and most significant distinction between legitimate democratic politics and unprincipled political conflict. Grafting, in other words, involves the strange practice of both drawing attention to a sense of verbal and musical identity yet at the same time effacing it. The scars that are being inflicted on our cities can be very quickly effaced. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They gave us memories which will never be effaced. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All copies were called in and as far as possible effaced. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What harm would have been effaced by doing that? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The legislator's work, indeed, comes only occasionally, perhaps once in a generation, and then he effaces himself. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Only through working together in restored confidence can the history of the past 15 years or more be effaced and solutions of the various problems found. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 You have no provision for a verification of the names and addresses, and no signature may be withdrawn if it his been forged, altered, effaced, or procured by misrepresentation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We shall not allow you to gain the credit of having effaced that, and having brought your estate up to a very good pitch of management. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of efface These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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