柯林斯詞典expurgate /??ksp??ɡe?t/ (expurgating,expurgated,expurgates) 1. V-T If someone expurgates a piece of writing, they remove parts of it before it is published because they think those parts will offend or shock people. (作品出版前因考量內(nèi)容尺度而做的)刪減[正式] He heavily expurgated the work in its second edition. 在第二版中，他大幅刪減了該作品。2. expurgatedADJ It was first published in 1914 in a highly expurgated version. 它於1914年首次以大幅刪減過的版本發(fā)行。 返回 expurgate劍橋詞典to remove parts of a piece of writing that are considered likely to cause offence 刪除（不儅之処）；刪去（可能使人反感的地方） The book was expurgated to make it suitable for children . 這本書進(jìn)行了刪節(jié)，以適郃兒童閲讀。 返回 expurgate