expunge

expunge

英 [ɪk'spʌn(d)ʒ; ek-]
　　美 [ɪk'spʌndʒ]

vt. 擦去；刪掉

中文詞源：

expunge 刪除

ex-, 向外。-pung, 刺，詞源同pungent, point. 即拔刺，拔掉，刪除。

例句：

1. The experience was something he had tried to expunge from his memory.
他曾努力將那段經歷從記憶中抹去。

2. The juvenile court may expunge or destroy the records of a juvenile at any time.
少年法庭可在任何時候刪除或者銷毀未成年人的記錄.

3. He could not expunge the incident from his memory.
他無法忘掉這件事.

4. Wonder when to expunge that kitchen sponge from your life?
你對何時換掉廚房裡的海綿有疑問?

5. Remember that you can expunge anything you find undesirable.
記住,你可以除去任何你發現令你討厭的東西.