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bowdlerization

/bohd-luh-rahyz, boud-/US // ˈboʊd ləˌraɪz, ˈbaʊd- //UK // (ˈbaʊdləˌraɪz) //

鲍德勒化,弓箭手化,弓箭手,弓箭牌

Related Words

expurgate删去,删节,删减,删去了edit编辑,编辑部,编辑本段,编者redact删节,缄默不语,删减,删改

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    bowd·ler·ized, bowd·ler·iz·ing.

    • : to expurgate by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as incensorship
Synonyms
blackout停电,断电,停电了,停电事故restriction限制,约束,限制条件,限定suppression镇压,打压,抑制,压制control控制,管制,控制权,操控forbidding禁止,强制,禁令,禁忌blue pencil蓝铅笔,蓝色铅笔,蓝色笔筒,蓝笔hush up闭口不言,闭上嘴巴,闭口不谈,嘘嘘infringing on rights侵犯权利,侵犯权利的行为,侵权行为,侵权iron curtain铁幕,铁帷幕,铁幕的作用thought control思想控制,思维控制,思想管制,思想的控制

Examples

  • She should not be allowed to disguise and bowdlerize it to suit the unwelcome tastes she had acquired at school.

  • I have no wish to bowdlerize Sir Richard Steele, his ways and words.

  • This is called "expurgating" the book; but people who disapprove often call it to bowdlerize.

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