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Expurgate V Purvey 净化 Ekspə:Geit V.删除;使纯洁 英 删除

单词 expurgate
音标 ['ekspə:geit]
解释 v.删除;使纯洁
红宝书 【英】 v. 删除, 使纯洁(to remove passages considered obscene or objectionable)
【考】 vendor : purvey / censor : expurgate(卖主供给/检查员删 除)
【记】 ex+purg(清洗)→清洗 掉→净化;
【同】 参考:purge(清洗, 净化),辨析: expunge指删除无用的 字、章节等; expurgate指删去书中 不恰当或不纯的地方
字源 expurgate (v.)
1620s, back-formation from expurgation or from Latin expurgatus, past participle of expurgare "to cleanse out, purge, purify" (see expurgation). Related: Expurgated; expurgating. The earlier verb was simply expurge (late 15c.), from Middle French expurger.
不择手段背单词 v. 删除; 使纯洁(在出版前删除错误的、粗俗的、淫秽的东西)
【记】ex出, purg清洗-清洗出去-使纯洁ex出, pur读: 泼, gate: 出门后把gate泼一下水-清洗-删除
【参】purge(n /v 清洗; 净化); 源于: purity(n 纯洁)
【类】vendor: purvey = censor: expurgate 卖主供给 = 检查员删除
【反】inexpurgate(v 无法除去)-obliterate(v 除去)
趣味全助记 【记】ex 出 + purge 净化, 清除;几乎与expunge(擦去)相同
【相关】purge 净化, 清除,expunge 擦去,抹去

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