erase
柯林斯词典
1. V-T 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. 抹去; 消除
They are desperate to erase the memory of that last defeat. 他们急于抹去上次失败的记忆。
2. V-T If you erase sound that has been recorded on a tape or information which has been stored in a computer, you completely remove or destroy it. 抹掉; 删除
An intruder broke into the campaign headquarters and managed to erase 17,000 names from computer files. 一名入侵者闯入作战指挥部，设法删除了电脑文件中的17000个名字。
3. V-T If you erase something such as writing or a mark, you remove it, usually by rubbing it with a cloth. 擦掉 (字迹)
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erase /ɪˈreɪz/ (erasing,erased,erases)
剑桥词典
erase verb [T] (MARK)
B2 mainly US (UK usually rub out)to remove something, especially a pencil mark by rubbing it
抹去，擦掉（尤指铅笔字迹）
It's in pencil so you can just erase anything that's wrong . 这是用铅笔写的，这样你就可以把任何出错的地方擦掉。
erase verb [T] (RECORDING)
to remove recordings or information from a magnetic tape or disk
抹去（磁带内容）；删除（磁盘里的文件）
A virus erased my hard disk . 病毒把我硬盘中的信息给删了。
erase verb [T] (SOMETHING PAST)
to cause a feeling , memory , or period of time to be completely forgotten
（从头脑中）清除，消除；忘却（感觉、记忆等）
He is determined to erase the memory of a disappointing debut two years ago. 他决心要把两年前初次参加比赛时令人失望的表现永远忘掉。
Woods wants a convincing victory to erase doubts about his team's ability to reach the World Cup finals . 伍兹想要通过大比分获胜来消除人们对他的球队能否打入世界杯决赛的疑虑。
One election cannot erase 65 years of a corrupt one-party political process . 一场选举并不能将长达65年的腐败的一党专政的政治历程抹去。
literary
to remove or destroy something, especially something that shows that that person or thing ever existed or happened
消除；消灭；清除
The president said NATO expansion would finally erase the boundary line in Europe artificially created by the Cold War. 总统称北约的扩展将最终消除冷战在欧洲人为造成的界限。
Years of hard living had blurred but not erased her girlhood beauty . 多年的艰辛岁月使她芳容暗淡，但少女时代的美貌仍然依稀可辨。
He was a man of mystery - erased from the history books . 他是一个充满神秘色彩的人物——有关他的任何情况都已不见于史册。
erasure
noun [ 可数名词：有复数形式的名词 or 不可数或单数名词：没有复数形式的名词 ] ukYour browser doesn't support HTML5 audio
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the act of erasing something
抹去，擦掉
the nuclear erasure of entire populations 对全人类的核毁灭
the erasure of police audiotapes 抹掉警方的录音 返回 erase