expunge
verb /ɪkˈspʌndʒ/
/ɪkˈspʌndʒ/
(formal)动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they expunge | /ɪkˈspʌndʒ/ /ɪkˈspʌndʒ/ |
| he / she / it expunges | /ɪkˈspʌndʒɪz/ /ɪkˈspʌndʒɪz/ |
| past simple expunged | /ɪkˈspʌndʒd/ /ɪkˈspʌndʒd/ |
| past participle expunged | /ɪkˈspʌndʒd/ /ɪkˈspʌndʒd/ |
| -ing form expunging | /ɪkˈspʌndʒɪŋ/ /ɪkˈspʌndʒɪŋ/ |
- expunge something (from something) to remove or get rid of something, such as a name, piece of information or a memory, from a book or list, or from your mind
抹去；除去；删去 - Details of his criminal activities were expunged from the file.
他犯罪活动的详细情况已从档案中删去。 - What happened just before the accident was expunged from his memory.
事故前一刻发生的事他都记不得了。 - She sought to expunge every trace of the event from her memory.
她试图从记忆中抹去这件事的所有痕迹。 - The word ‘socialism’ has been expunged from the party’s manifesto.
“社会主义”一词已从该党的宣言中删除。
词源early 17th cent.: from Latin expungere ‘to underline something with points or dots, to show that it should be deleted’, from ex- ‘out’ + pungere ‘to prick’. - Details of his criminal activities were expunged from the file.