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单词 expunge
释义
expungeex‧punge /ɪkˈspʌndʒ/ verb [transitive] formal Word Origin
WORD ORIGINexpunge
Origin:
1600-1700 Latin expungere ‘to mark something with small holes to show that it is to be removed’, from pungere ‘to make a small hole’
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
expunge
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theyexpunge
he, she, itexpunges
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theyexpunged
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave expunged
he, she, ithas expunged
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad expunged
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill expunge
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have expunged
Continuous Form
PresentIam expunging
he, she, itis expunging
you, we, theyare expunging
PastI, he, she, itwas expunging
you, we, theywere expunging
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been expunging
he, she, ithas been expunging
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been expunging
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be expunging
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been expunging
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Their criminal records were expunged in return for their testimony.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • I don't think there's anything terrible about expunging Sylvie.
  • I wrote the letter a dozen times, trying to moderate the tone, studiously expunging all traces of passion.
  • My karma was to help her expunge her personal devils by being smaller than she was when she was angry.
  • They know that his letters home will be read by censors, and that any indication of his whereabouts will be expunged.
  • Three others served probationary terms and their charges have been expunged, Charlton said.
  • You don't need to - it was expunged automatically long ago.
1to remove a name from a list, piece of information, or book2to make someone forget something unpleasantexpunge something from something I wanted to expunge the memory of that first race from my mind.
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