efface

英 [ɪˈfeɪs]

美 [ɪˈfeɪs]

v.  消除; 抹去; 擦掉

过去分词：effaced　过去式：effaced　第三人称单数：effaces　现在分词：effacing　

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BNC.34951 / COCA.24301

牛津词典

verb

• 消除；抹去；擦掉
  to make sth disappear; to remove sth

柯林斯词典

• See also:...an event that has helped efface the country's traditional image...The name of the ship had been effaced from the menus.self-effacing

英英释义

verb

• remove completely from recognition or memory
  1. efface the memory of the time in the camps
  Synonym:obliterate
• remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing
  1. Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!
  Synonym:eraserub outscore outwipe off
• make inconspicuous
  1. efface oneself

双语例句

• Was anyone called having been circumcised? He need not efface it. Has anyone been called in uncircumcision? He need not be circumcised.
  18有人蒙召时已受割礼，就不要回复原状；有人蒙召时未受割礼，就不要受割礼。
• He would have to efface himself before his visitor.
  他在客人面前必须表现得很谦虚。
• It takes many years to efface the unpleasant memories of a war.
  许多年后才能冲淡战争的不愉快记忆。
• The shy boy efface himself by stay in the background.
  那害羞的孩子躲在后面不让人注意。
• He could not efface the impression from his mind.
  他不能把这个印象从心中抹去。
• Time would efface the memory. the distant past beyond memory.
  超出记忆力范围的时间。
• Wind and rain might efface memories, but not the everlasting devotion to education;
  岁月的风风雨雨可以冲淡许多记忆，但永远冲不淡不泯的事业之情。
• I do not believe in mandrake, or in blood-stains that no time can efface.
  我不相信蔓陀罗花，不相信时间也擦不掉血迹斑斑。
• If smear is too heavy, usable scour efface, again dry finally brush.
  假如污迹太重，可用洗涤剂抹去，最后再干擦一遍。
• All done for first time are not easy to efface from our memories.
  所有的第一次都是今生的难忘。