efface
v[Tn]
(fml 文)
1 rub or wipe (sth) out; cause to fade 擦去, 抹掉(某事物); 使淡薄; 使逐渐消失
Time and weather had long ago effaced the inscription on the monument. 岁月和风雨早已磨掉纪念碑上的铭文.
Time alone will efface those unpleasant memories. 只有时间才能使人淡忘那些不快的记忆.
2 ~ oneself keep in the background in order to escape being noticed; make oneself appear unimportant 使自己不被人注意; 使自己显得无足轻重.
🔁 扩展释义
*[i'feis]vt. 抹去, 消除, 忘却
🌿 同词根单词
facen. 面容;表面;脸;方面;
vt.& vi. 面对;面向…;正视;承认;
vt. (感到不能)对付;(明知不好办而)交谈;必须对付(某情况);面临…;