单词 | edit |
释义 | edit (once / 53 pages) 1v 2v The verb edit means to prepare writing for publication by correcting, revising, or proofreading. If you write for a newspaper, someone very skilled will edit your work before the public sees it. Edit can also mean to cut out. If you edit out all the references to Harry Potter from the famous series, you'll be left with much shorter books. Edit likely comes from the noun editor, meaning the person in charge of a final version of a text. You might also hear edit used when referring to video or film. If you edit a television show, for example, you assemble pieces of video or film footage to create a complete program. WORD FAMILYedit: edited, editing, editor, edits, subedit+/edited: unedited/editor: editorial, editors, editorship/editorial: editorialise, editorialist, editorialize, editorially, editorials/editorialist: editorialists/editorialize: editorialized, editorializes, editorializing/editorship: editorships/subedit: subediting, subeditor/subeditor: subeditors USAGE EXAMPLESThe Times reserves the right to edit and publish any submissions online and/or in print. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) His detractors accuse him of excessive charm, but it may be more accurate to say that he edits brutality from his world view. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) In between begging, Roughol sat in the local park jotting his recollections in notebooks, which he handed over to Debré to edit. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) 1 1v prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting Edit a book on lexical semantics she edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passages Syn|Hypo|Hyper redact alter, falsify, interpolate insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby cut up, hacksignificantly cut up a manuscript black outsuppress by censorship as for political reasons blank outcut out, as for political reasons copyedit, copyread, subeditedit and correct (written or printed material) bracket, bracket outplace into brackets alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 2v cut and assemble the components of edit film Syn|Hyper cut, edit out abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten reduce in scope while retaining essential elements alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 3v cut or eliminate 2she edited the juiciest scenes Syn|Hyper blue-pencil, delete censor subject to political, religious, or moral censorship v supervise the publication of The same family has been editing the influential newspaper for almost 100 years Hyper bring out, issue, publish, put out, release prepare and issue for public distribution or sale |
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