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单词 efface
释义
effaceef‧face /ɪˈfeɪs/ verb [transitive] formal Word Origin
WORD ORIGINefface
Origin:
1400-1500 French effacer, from face ‘face, appearance’
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
efface
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theyefface
he, she, iteffaces
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theyeffaced
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave effaced
he, she, ithas effaced
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad effaced
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill efface
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have effaced
Continuous Form
PresentIam effacing
he, she, itis effacing
you, we, theyare effacing
PastI, he, she, itwas effacing
you, we, theywere effacing
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been effacing
he, she, ithas been effacing
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been effacing
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be effacing
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been effacing
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Carbon dioxide and moisture threaten to efface the Lascaux cave drawings.
  • Communist historians tried to efface whole segments of their nation's past.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Afraid not only of assault but afraid that hidden away I would be effaced, forgotten.
  • Blemishes like these upon the work of the profession obscure but do not efface the public services it renders.
  • It also reconciles two economic and social experiences, effacing class through images and illusions.
  • Or, in terms of the concerns of this article, the gay writer had been effaced, leaving a blemish-free heterosexual text.
1to destroy or remove something SYN  erasedeface:  Nothing can efface the last picture I have of them from my mind.2efface yourself to behave in a quiet way so that people do not notice or look at you self-effacing
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