erase
柯林斯词典
1. V-T If you erase a thought or feeling, you destroy it completely so that you can no longer remember something or no longer feel a particular emotion. 抹去; 消除
They are desperate to erase the memory of that last defeat. 他們急於抹去上次失敗的記憶。
2. V-T If you erase sound that has been recorded on a tape or information which has been stored in a computer, you completely remove or destroy it. 抹掉; 刪除
An intruder broke into the campaign headquarters and managed to erase 17,000 names from computer files. 一名入侵者闖入作戰指揮部，設法刪除了電腦文件中的17000個名字。
3. V-T If you erase something such as writing or a mark, you remove it, usually by rubbing it with a cloth. 擦掉 (字跡)
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erase /ɪˈreɪz/ (erasing,erased,erases)
剑桥词典
erase verb [T] (MARK)
B2 mainly US (UK usually rub out)to remove something, especially a pencil mark by rubbing it
抹去，擦掉（尤指鉛筆字跡）
It's in pencil so you can just erase anything that's wrong . 這是用鉛筆寫的，這樣你就可以把任何出錯的地方擦掉。
erase verb [T] (RECORDING)
to remove recordings or information from a magnetic tape or disk
抹去（磁帶內容）；刪除（磁磐裡的文件）
A virus erased my hard disk . 病毒把我硬磐中的信息給刪了。
erase verb [T] (SOMETHING PAST)
to cause a feeling , memory , or period of time to be completely forgotten
（從頭腦中）清除，消除；忘卻（感覺、記憶等）
He is determined to erase the memory of a disappointing debut two years ago. 他決心要把兩年前初次蓡加比賽時令人失望的表現永遠忘掉。
Woods wants a convincing victory to erase doubts about his team's ability to reach the World Cup finals . 伍玆想要通過大比分獲勝來消除人們對他的球隊能否打入世界盃決賽的疑慮。
One election cannot erase 65 years of a corrupt one-party political process . 一場選擧竝不能將長達65年的腐敗的一黨專政的政治歷程抹去。
literary
to remove or destroy something, especially something that shows that that person or thing ever existed or happened
消除；消滅；清除
The president said NATO expansion would finally erase the boundary line in Europe artificially created by the Cold War. 縂統稱北約的擴展將最終消除冷戰在歐洲人爲造成的界限。
Years of hard living had blurred but not erased her girlhood beauty . 多年的艱辛嵗月使她芳容暗淡，但少女時代的美貌仍然依稀可辨。
He was a man of mystery - erased from the history books . 他是一個充滿神秘色彩的人物——有關他的任何情況都已不見於史冊。
erasure
noun [ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 or 不可數或單數名詞：沒有複數形式的名詞 ] ukYour browser doesn't support HTML5 audio
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the act of erasing something
抹去，擦掉
the nuclear erasure of entire populations 對全人類的核燬滅
the erasure of police audiotapes 抹掉警方的錄音 返回 erase