expurgate /ˈɛkspəˌɡeɪt/ TEM8 (expurgating,expurgated,expurgates)

• 1.  

  V-T（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 [正式]

  例：

  He heavily expurgated the work in its second edition.

  在第二版中，他大幅删减了该作品。

• 2.  

  ADJ（形容词） expurgated

  例：

  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。