expurgate

英[ˈekspəgeɪt]

美[ˈekspərgeɪt]

基本释义

He heavily expurgated the work in its second edition.

在第二版中，他对书中内容进行了大幅删减。

To expurgate ( a book, for example ) prudishly.

删节谦逊地删节 ( 如一本书 )

期刊摘选

He is capabled of bring out an expurgate edit 0 ion of wordsworth.

他几乎做的出出版华兹华斯作品的删改本(洁本).

期刊摘选

Verb

1. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate;
"bowdlerize a novel"