expurgate
净化;删去(ex+purg冲洗+ate→冲洗出来→净化)
释义2:
expurgate
/ 5ekspE7geIt /
◙ verb1. [with obj.] [often as adj. expurgated] remove matter thought to be objectionable or unsuitable from (a book or account)• 删除(书籍,描述)中的不当处;删节;修订 »the expurgated Arabian Nights. 经过删节的《天方夜谭》(节本《天方夜谭》)。【派生】
♦ expurgation noun♦ expurgator noun♦ expurgatory adjective【语源】
1. early 17th cent. (in the sense 'purge of excrement'): from Latin expurgat- 'thoroughly cleansed', from the verb expurgare, from ex- 'out' + purgare 'cleanse'
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