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censored

UK //ˈsen.səd//US //ˈsen.sɚd//

词源

源自拉丁语 'censere'(评估、审查),通过法语 'censurer' 进入英语,最初指古罗马官员的监察职责。

adjective

❶ 指内容被官方或权威机构审查后删除或修改的状态,通常涉及敏感、不当或机密信息。

“The newspaper published a censored version of the report.”

(报纸刊登了经过审查的报告版本。)

“Some scenes in the movie were censored for younger audiences.”

(电影中的某些场景为年轻观众做了删减处理。)

同义词:edited, suppressed, redacted, expurgated, sanitized

verb

❶ 对书籍、影视、新闻等内容进行审查,删除或修改被认为不当的部分。

“The school board censored several books from the library.”

(学校董事会审查并移除了图书馆的几本书。)

“They censored the documentary to avoid controversy.”

(他们对纪录片进行审查以避免争议。)

同义词:edit, suppress, redact, expurgate, bowdlerize

常见短语

heavily censored — 形容内容被大幅删改或严格审查的状态,通常指信息缺失严重。

“The leaked documents were heavily censored before release.”

(泄露的文件在发布前被大幅删改。)

censored material — 指被官方禁止传播或经过修改的内容,常见于新闻、影视或出版物。

“Journalists struggled to access the censored material.”

(记者难以获取被审查的资料。)