bowdlerize
bowdlerize
[ˈbaʊdlərʌɪz]
(also -ise)
verb
bowdlerism
noun
bowdlerization
noun
语源
[ˈbaʊdlərʌɪz]
(also -ise)
verb
- [with obj.]remove material that is considered improper or offensive from (a text or account), especially with the result that the text becomes weaker or less effective
删节，删改（尤指删去书中不妥的地方后引起文章缺乏说服力）
[as adj. bowdlerized]a bowdlerized version of the story.
该故事的删节本。
bowdlerism
noun
bowdlerization
noun
语源
- mid 19th cent.: from the name of Thomas Bowdler (1754–1825), who published an expurgated edition of Shakespeare in 1818, + -ize
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