英 [ˈekspəɡeɪt] 美 [ˈekspərɡeɪt]
vt. 删除，删去
第三人称单数expurgates
现在分词expurgating
过去式expurgated
过去分词expurgated
expurgate /ˈɛkspəˌɡeɪt/ TEM8 [ expurgating expurgated expurgates ]
及物动词 If someone expurgates a piece of writing, they remove parts of it before it is published because they think those parts will offend or shock people. (作品出版前因考量内容尺度而做的)删减
He heavily expurgated the work in its second edition.
在第二版中，他大幅删减了该作品。
形容词
It was first published in 1914 in a highly expurgated version.
它于1914年首次以大幅删减过的版本发行。
edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
同义词： bowdlerize / bowdlerise / castrate / shorten
... expunge v. 删除（无用的字、章节等） expurgate v. 删除（书中不恰当或不纯的地方）；使纯洁 core v. 去掉某物的中心部分（去核）；n. 果心；核心 ...
... ex- == 表示“使”、“做”，或作加强意义 expurgate 使清洁 exalt 使升高，增高 ...
... exponent n.倡导者;阐述者;例子;指数 expurgate v.净化;删去不当处 exquisite a.高雅的;精致的 ...
... exhume掘出，挖出 expurgate净化；删去 e表示 ...
expurgated 经过删除的
expurgation 消去；廓清；删去
expurgator 修订者；削除者
expurgated 删除（expurgate的过去式和过去分词）
删除，删去
I think I like Shakespeare's expurgate poem best, and I often wish that He has confined himself entirely to that kind.
我想，我最喜欢莎士比亚的洁本诗集。我常常希望他完全埋头于这一类干净东西就好了。