[with obj.][often as adj. expurgated]remove matter thought to be objectionable or unsuitable from (a book or account) 删除(书籍,描述)中的不当处;删节;修订 the expurgated Arabian Nights. 经过删节的《天方夜谭》(节本《天方夜谭》)。
early 17th cent. (in the sense 'purge of excrement'): from Latin expurgat- 'thoroughly cleansed', from the verb expurgare, from ex- 'out' + purgare 'cleanse'