expunging n. 删除,擦去
v. 擦去,删掉;使淡忘(expunge 的现在分词)
- Whether to ask for confirmation when expunging appointments and tasks.
销毁约会和任务时是否要求确认。 - If you're suffering from any of these five beliefs, I strongly recommend expunging them in favor of better beliefs.
如果你也有以上五种观念,我强烈建议,为了拥有更好的信念,请去除这些错误观点。 - Decades after expunging the idea of “small wars” from their textbooks after the trauma of Vietnam, American officers are relearning the lessons the hard way.
美国在越南饱受创伤之后,花了几十年从教科书上删去了“小战争”的概念,但美国的军官正困难地重学教训。
expunging[ noun ]
deletion by an act of expunging or erasing
<noun.act>
Expunge \Ex*punge"\ ([e^]ks*p[u^]nj"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Expunged} ([e^]ks*p[u^]njd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Expunging}
([e^]ks*p[u^]n"j[i^]ng).] [L. expungere, expunctum, prick
out, expunge, settle an account, execute; ex out + pungere to
prick, puncture. See {Pungent.}]
1. To blot out, as with pen; to rub out; to efface
designedly; to obliterate; to strike out wholly; as, to
expunge words, lines, or sentences.
2. To strike out; to wipe out or destroy; to annihilate; as,
to expunge an offense. --Sandys.
Expunge the whole, or lop th' excrescent parts.
--Pope.
Syn: To efface; erase; obliterate; strike out; destroy;
annihilate; cancel.
expunging \expunging\ n.
deletion by an act of expunging or erasing.
Syn: expunction, erasure.
[WordNet 1.5]