女神殿

expunge



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–verb (used with object)
1. to strike or blot (墨水漬) out; erase; obliterate. 擦掉...的痕跡,沖刷(掉)
2. to efface; wipe out or destroy. 

efface
使(自己) 不受人注意
She would efface [herself] before her father's visitors. 


　
Jean-Paul Belmondo portrays Leon Morin, an altruistic priest who believes that any sin can be expunged by a good [dose] of faith. Emmanuelle Riva plays a wayward woman who long ago decided that the easiest way was the best. Belmondo makes it his mission to steer Riva [onto] the right path. Given the censorial [climate] of 1961, it isn't surprising that the picture was shorn of 22 minutes for its American release.

altruistic
利他主義的
shorn
–verb 
a pp. of shear.  
–verb (used with object) 
1. to cut (something).
2. to remove by or as if by cutting or clipping with a sharp instrument: to shear [wool] from [sheep]. 
3. to cut or clip the hair, fleece, wool, etc., from: to shear sheep. 


2.52 減法
assuage
to assuage one's [grief] [hunger] [fears]
abate
to abate a [tax] 
to abate one's [enthusiasm]  
The [storm] has abated. 
The [pain] in his shoulder finally abated.  
mitigate
mollify, allay, appease
militate
have effect or influence
This criticism in no way militates [against] your going ahead with your research. 
pare
Weir has pared seven minutes [from] an already lean and evasive film. 
to pare [down] one's expenses. 

2.53 加法
turgid (swollen) turgid [language]
turbid (dark & muddy)
bloat
Overeating bloated their [bellies]. The [carcass] started to bloat.
to [cure] (fishes) as bloaters. 
The promotion has bloated his [ego] to an alarming degree.
cadre
They hoped to form a [cadre] of veteran party [members]. 
Nubile