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expurgate['ekspə:ɡeit]vt.1.■删改(不当处),删除(书籍等中败坏道德的内容或不妥部分,尤指易引起反对的段落);廓清,使洁净:The moral offen-sive remarks in the book had to be expurgated before it could be printed.这本书在付印前必须删去道德上冲撞的话语。2.■删除(书籍等)中的不当处;修订,订正:Most children read an expurgated version of Grimms' fairy tales.大多数孩子们读格林童话的删改本。变形vt.expurgatedexpurgating |