| 例句 |
expurgateverb to remove objectionable parts fromthe newspaper had to expurgate the expletive-laden speech that the criminal made upon being sentenced to life imprisonment bowdlerize, censor, clean (up), launder, red-pencil cleanse, purge, purifyabbreviate, blue-pencil, edit, shortenbleep, blip, cut (out), delete, excise, expunge, gut, x (out)black out, repress, silence, suppresscensure, condemn, denounceexamine, review, screen, scrutinize approve, authorize, sanction in 1678 |