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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Carl, what does quake mean, as in the word earthquake?
卡尔，earthquake这个词中的“quake”是什么意思？
Perhaps more than half a year.
大约半年多吧。
My dear friend, Mathilde. Let me tell you something. That necklace you borrowed from me wasn't a real diamond necklace. It wasn't valuable at all. The stones in the necklace were made of glass. It was worth five hundred francs at the most.
玛蒂尔德，我亲爱的朋友。让我告诉你吧。你向我借的那条项链并不是一条真的钻石项链。那条项链根本不值钱。项链中的宝石是玻璃做的。它最多值500法郎。