effaced v. 抹去;(使)忘却;(使)自己不受人注意(efface 的过去式及过去分词)
- Her marriage effaced the memory of her earlier misfortunes.
她的婚姻抹去了她早年种种不幸的记忆。 - Someone has effaced part of the address on this letter .
有人把信封上的住址擦掉了一部分… - Someone has effaced part of the address on his letter.
有人把他信上的一部分地址擦掉了。
Efface \Ef*face"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Effaced}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Effacing}.] [F. effacer; pref. es- (L. ex) + face face;
prop., to destroy the face or form. See {Face}, and cf.
{Deface}.]
1. To cause to disappear (as anything impresses or inscribed
upon a surface) by rubbing out, striking out, etc.; to
erase; to render illegible or indiscernible; as, to efface
the letters on a monument, or the inscription on a coin.
2. To destroy, as a mental impression; to wear away.
Efface from his mind the theories and notions
vulgarly received. --Bacon.
Syn: To blot out; expunge; erase; obliterate; cancel;
destroy. -- {Efface}, {Deface}. To deface is to injure
or impair a figure; to efface is to rub out or destroy,
so as to render invisible.