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单词 censor
释义
censor1 verbcensor2 noun
censorcensor1 ●○○ verb [transitive] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINcensor2
Origin:
1500-1600 Latin censere; CENSUS
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
censor
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theycensor
he, she, itcensors
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theycensored
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave censored
he, she, ithas censored
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad censored
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill censor
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have censored
Continuous Form
PresentIam censoring
he, she, itis censoring
you, we, theyare censoring
PastI, he, she, itwas censoring
you, we, theywere censoring
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been censoring
he, she, ithas been censoring
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been censoring
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be censoring
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been censoring
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Prisoners' letters were always heavily censored.
  • The court ruled that student newspapers could not be censored by school officials.
  • The government censored all letters and telegrams going abroad during the war.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • As indicated, Spenser was unsuccessful, his tract censored.
  • But he had been on the bad side of the government lately, having publicly criticized it for censoring authors.
  • Film was still censored, but by more liberal standards than in 1945.
  • It was an appalling thing to censor Picasso like that.
  • Mail was censored, and there were no personal telephones.
  • Private businesses and clubs can censor all they like.
  • The works Mr Torode would refuse to censor differ in status.
  • There was never any question of censoring his speech.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorto forbid books, films etc
to forbid a book, film, play etc from being sold, seen, performed etc because it is considered morally harmful or politically dangerous: · Films like that should be banned!· Comics were banned in my house because my parents thought they weren't a good influence.· "Lady Chatterley's Lover" was banned when it was first published.
to examine films, books, letters etc and take out any parts that are considered to be morally harmful or politically dangerous: · The government censored all letters and telegrams going abroad during the war.· The court ruled that student newspapers could not be censored by school officials.
the practice of officially examining films, books, letters etc to take out any parts which are considered to be morally harmful or politically dangerous: · Any films that are shown here have to pass government censorship.censorship of: · Angry journalists accused the government of censorship of free speech.
to examine books, films, letters etc to remove anything that is considered offensive, morally harmful, or politically dangerous etccensorship, ban:  The information given to the press was carefully censored by the Ministry of Defence.
censor1 verbcensor2 noun
censorcen‧sor2 /ˈsensə $ -ər/ noun [countable] Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • As time passed, however, the Church censors began to act as if the distinction were of no importance.
  • However, Kahn may have had the last laugh in spite of his censors.
  • In this form the censor permitted the book to pass.
  • Ironically, SurfWatch has become something of a censor itself, since the company decides which sites to block.
  • Party censors stamped out any arts they did not like.
  • They know that his letters home will be read by censors, and that any indication of his whereabouts will be expunged.
someone whose job is to examine books, films, letters etc and remove anything considered to be offensive, morally harmful, or politically dangerouscensorship
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