Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense erases, present participle erasing, past tense, past participle erased
1VERB 忘却,抹去,消除(想法或感受) If you erase a thought or feeling, you destroy it completely so that you can no longer remember something or no longer feel a particular emotion. 忘却,抹去,消除(想法或感受)
They are desperate to erase the memory of that last defeat in Cardiff. [VERB noun]
他们急于抹去上次在卡迪夫遭遇失败的记忆。
Love was a word he'd erased from his vocabulary since Susan's going. [VERB noun + from]
2VERB 抹掉(磁带录音);删除(计算机文件) If you erase sound which has been recorded on a tape or information which has been stored in a computer, you completely remove or destroy it. 抹掉(磁带录音);删除(计算机文件) [Also V n + from]
He was in the studio tearfully erasing all the tapes he'd slaved over. [VERB noun]
他在录音棚里流着眼泪抹掉他辛苦录制的所有磁带。
It appears the names were accidentally erased from computer disks. [beVERB-ed + from]
看起来那些名字被意外地从计算机磁盘上删除了。
3VERB 擦掉;抹去 If you erase something such as writing or a mark, you remove it, usually by rubbing it with a cloth. 擦掉;抹去
It was unfortunate that she had erased the message. [VERB noun]