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Word | Bowdlerize |
Chinese Meaning | 删除不妥的文句; 修订; 删改 |
edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; bowdlerize a novel / to cleanup or alter written work so as to make it less controversial / edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate / expurgate / remove material that is considered improper or offensive from (a text or account), especially with the result that it becomes weaker or less effective. / to change (a book, play, movie, etc.) by removing parts that could offend people, | |
Usage | ⇒ After the film editors had bowdlerized the language in the script, the motion picture's rating was changed from "R" to "PG." ⇒ bowdlerize a classic novel by removing offensive language ⇒ a bowdlerized version of the story |
Synonyms | edit, censor, expurgate, bowdlerise, castrate, expunge, shorten, clean, purge, cut, erase, strike, abbreviate, blue-pencil, clean up, delete, edit out, sanitise, sanitize, sweeten, |
Antonyms | drawl, insert, |
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