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单词 erase
释义
erase
(ɪrz , US ɪrs )
Word forms: erases , erasing , erased
1. verb
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.
They are desperate to erase the memory of that last defeat in Cardiff. [VERB noun]
Love was a word he'd erased from his vocabulary since Susan's going. [VERB noun + from]
Synonyms: delete, cancel out, wipe out, remove  
2. verb
If you erase sound which has been recorded on a tape or information which has been stored in a computer, you completely remove or destroy it.
He was in the studio tearfully erasing all the tapes he'd slaved over. [VERB noun]
It appears the names were accidentally erased from computer disks. [be VERB-ed + from]
[Also V n + from]
3. verb
If you erase something such as writing or a mark, you remove it, usually by rubbing it with a cloth.
It was unfortunate that she had erased the message. [VERB noun]
Collocations:
erase a line
The event aims to help erase the line between those who use the food shelf's services and those who serve at the food shelf.
Christianity Today
Some chase the player, while others do other things such as erasing the lines the player has filled.
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It was described as erasing the line between stadium-size pop music concerts and full-scale theatrical extravaganzas.
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I have erased this line.
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erase a memory
Yet there seems to have been an attempt to erase all memory of her.
Times, Sunday Times
It hasn't been much of a summer, so why not erase the memory by booking them a half-term treat now.
Times, Sunday Times
But in daylight hours, there are no pills to erase the memory of that moment.
Times, Sunday Times
The drama of the final day could not erase the memory of an eventful few days, which had cast a pall over this championship.
Times, Sunday Times
They will be playing to erase a memory of yesterday.
Times, Sunday Times
erase an image
I feel as if it will take a lot of scrubbing to erase that image too.
Times,Sunday Times
I'll never erase the images from my head.
Times, Sunday Times
As she walks towards him, a snow flake floats by and erases the image.
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erase data
He could erase data from the company's computer servers and attack hardware, which would cost the company millions of pounds and cause 'total chaos'.
Times, Sunday Times
Other laptop security software allows users to erase data remotely or lock down the computer.
Times, Sunday Times
They are often cryptic and may allow for destructive actions such as erasing data without warning.
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erase history
And others have been known to make even more absurd demands, such as banning questions about well-documented incidents in a shameless bid to erase history.
The Sun
Writers know that attempts to erase history should always be resisted.
Times, Sunday Times
They're trying to erase history.
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erase the past
We question the uncritical elevation of a history reliant on the suffering of distant others in order, not to erase the past, but to render it visible.
Times, Sunday Times
She cries and looks for some peace in her mind, but nothing can erase her past.
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The printing press was going to be a new way of communication which would erase the past from present thoughts.
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What’s harder to grapple with are the natural disasters that take everything, suddenly, erasing the past and the present all at once.
Smithsonian Mag
Moving on doesn't have to mean erasing the past.
Times, Sunday Times
Translations:
Chinese: 抹去
Japanese: 消す 消去
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