Expunge
[ ɪk'spʌndʒ ]
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vt. 擦掉;除去;删去;消除;
💡 词根助记
ex出去+punge刺→把刺弄掉→擦去；删掉
📝 例句
expunge registration
删除注册
I felt that I had both her insulting behaviour and my discomfiture to expunge;
我觉得我不应该念念不忘她对我的侮辱和我自己的笨拙可笑。
The secretary was directed to expunge certain accusations from the record
秘书受到指示把某些控告从记录中删去了。
expunge a name from a list
从名单上除去一个名字
He could not expunge the incident from his memory.
他无法忘掉这件事.
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ 谐音“埃克斯旁之”:埃克斯除去它,不用它
※ ex-前缀“出”,punge-pung刺(源于拉丁语pungere):把刺挑出→剔除
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
expunge
v[Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sth (from sth) (fml 文) remove or wipe out (words, names, etc) from a list, book, etc （从名单、 书等上）除去、 删除或擦掉（词语、 名字等）
Her name was expunged from the list. 她的名字已从名册上除掉.
(fig 比喻) He could not expunge the incident from his memory. 他无法忘掉这件事.
🔁 扩展释义
*[ik'spʌndʒ]vt. 擦掉, 删掉, 除去
📖 同为「GRE」词汇
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2 Two friends meet at school on the first day of term.2
两个朋友于新学期的第一天在学校见面。
Right. Let me examine you. Does it hurt here? Here? Here?
好。我来给你检查检查。这儿痛吗？这儿？这儿？
After they carved the characters on rocks, they put a piece of wet paper on top of the characters and beat it lightly.
他们把字刻在石块上后，再把一张潮湿的纸放在字的上面，并轻轻地拍打。