英语词汇“efface”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

If something is erased or rubbed out, it has been effaced. Teachers get annoyed to find that someone has effaced the blackboard — even the part clearly marked, "Do Not Erase!"

You can also efface things that are not physical — like effacing feelings, impressions, or memories. When you efface a memory, you wipe it out as well. Some people believe that their good deeds are able to efface their past wrongs. They'll have to rely on others' opinions to see how well that works.

WORD FAMILY

efface: effaceable, effaced, effacement, effaces, effacing+/effacement: effacements, self-effacement/effacing: self-effacing

USAGE EXAMPLES

There are countless expressive features of a Dickinson manuscript, all but a few of them effaced when her poems enter a standard print edition.

The New Yorker(Nov 27, 2016)

My Republican mom’s “red” vote was also effaced by a sea of blue in California, according to the electoral college system.

The Guardian(Nov 18, 2016)

The bakers are self effacing and you end up wanting them all to win.

New York Times(Oct 18, 2016)

1v remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

erase, rub out, score out, wipe off

sponge

erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard

cut out, scratch out

strike or cancel by or as if by rubbing or crossing out

cancel, delete

remove or make invisible

2v remove completely from recognition or memory

efface the memory of the time in the camps

Syn|Hyper

obliterate
blot out, hide, obliterate, obscure, veil

make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing

blur, dim, slur

become vague or indistinct

3v make inconspicuous

efface oneself

Hyper

humble

cause to be unpretentious

单词	efface
释义	efface (once / 1189 pages) v If something is erased or rubbed out, it has been effaced. Teachers get annoyed to find that someone has effaced the blackboard — even the part clearly marked, "Do Not Erase!" You can also efface things that are not physical — like effacing feelings, impressions, or memories. When you efface a memory, you wipe it out as well. Some people believe that their good deeds are able to efface their past wrongs. They'll have to rely on others' opinions to see how well that works. WORD FAMILY efface: effaceable, effaced, effacement, effaces, effacing+/effacement: effacements, self-effacement/effacing: self-effacing USAGE EXAMPLES There are countless expressive features of a Dickinson manuscript, all but a few of them effaced when her poems enter a standard print edition. The New Yorker(Nov 27, 2016) My Republican mom’s “red” vote was also effaced by a sea of blue in California, according to the electoral college system. The Guardian(Nov 18, 2016) The bakers are self effacing and you end up wanting them all to win. New York Times(Oct 18, 2016) 1v remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper erase, rub out, score out, wipe off sponge erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard cut out, scratch out strike or cancel by or as if by rubbing or crossing out cancel, delete remove or make invisible 2v remove completely from recognition or memory efface the memory of the time in the camps Syn\|Hyper obliterate blot out, hide, obliterate, obscure, veil make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing blur, dim, slur become vague or indistinct 3v make inconspicuous efface oneself Hyper humble cause to be unpretentious
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