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Delete Remove Written Dɪˈliːt Stored Computer Deleted Dɪˈliːʃn

The verb 'delete' refers to the act of removing content, such as crossing out words or removing files from a computer system. The related noun is 'deletion'.

英语

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[VERB 动词]删除;画掉 If you delete something that has been written down or stored in a computer, you cross it out or remove it.
  [V n]
  • He also deleted files from the computer system...

    他还从计算机系统里删除了文件。

  • The word 'exploded' had been deleted.

    “爆炸”一词已经被删掉了。

deletion
  • This involved the deletion of a great deal of irrelevant material...

    这包括删除很大一部分不相关的内容。

  • David wanted to make several deletions and additions to the text.

    戴维想对文本进行几处增删。


Oxford de·lete / dɪˈliːt ; NAmE dɪˈliːt / verb deletesth (from sth) to remove sth that has been written or printed, or that has been stored on a computer 删去;删除 Your name has been deleted from the list. 你的名字已从名单上删掉。 This command deletes files from the directory. 这一指令把文档从目录中删除。 ( BrE) Mr/Mrs/Ms ( delete as appropriate) 先生╱太太╱女士(酌情删除) collocationsat
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de·le·tion deletion deletions / dɪˈliːʃn ; NAmE dɪˈliːʃn / noun [uncountable ,  countable ] He made several deletions to the manuscript. 他在原稿上删去了好几处。 delete deletes deleted deleting
de·lete / dɪˈliːt ; NAmE dɪˈliːt / de·le·tion / dɪˈliːʃn ; NAmE dɪˈliːʃn /
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deletede‧lete /dɪˈliːt/ ●●○ verb [transitive]
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to remove something that has been written down or stored in a computer:  His name was deleted from the list. I deleted the file by mistake. see thesaurus at
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THESAURUSdelete to remove something that has been written down or stored in a computer: · I think you should delete the second paragraph.· You can delete any files that are no longer required.cut to remove a section from a piece of writing or a film: · You’ll have to cut some of your essay if it’s over 1,500 words.· A couple of scenes had to be cut because they were too violent.cross something out to draw a line through a word to show that it was a mistake or that you want to change what you have written: · If you make a mistake in the exam, just cross it out.· I’ve crossed out the names of people who can’t come.rub something out British English, erase American English to remove writing or pictures from paper with a rubber, or from a board with a cloth: · Use a pencil so you can rub out your mistakes.· I had to rub the whole thing out and start again.erase to remove sounds or pictures that have been recorded on a machine: · You can erase the tape or record over it.· Somehow all my photographs had been erased.
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delete

[dɪˈli:t]deleted, deleting, deletes

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