erase
verb [ T ] uk/ɪˈreɪz/ us/ɪˈreɪs/
(MARK)
B2 mainly US (UK usually rub out)抹去，擦掉（尤指铅笔字迹）
to remove something, especially a pencil mark by rubbing it
It's in pencil so you can just erase anything that's wrong. 这是用铅笔写的，这样你就可以把任何出错的地方擦掉。
(RECORDING)
抹去（磁带内容）;删除（磁盘里的文件）
to remove recordings or information from a magnetic tape or disk
A virus erased my hard disk. 病毒把我硬盘中的信息给删了。
(SOMETHING PAST)
（从头脑中）清除，消除;忘却（感觉、记忆等）
to cause a feeling, memory, or period of time to be completely forgotten
He is determined to erase the memory of a disappointing debut two years ago. 他决心要把两年前初次参加比赛时令人失望的表现永远忘掉。
Woods wants a convincing victory to erase doubts about his team's ability to reach the World Cup finals. 伍兹想要通过大比分获胜来消除人们对他的球队能否打入世界杯决赛的疑虑。
One election cannot erase 65 years of a corrupt one-party political process. 一场选举并不能将长达65年的腐败的一党专政的政治历程抹去。
literary消除;消灭;清除
to remove or destroy something, especially something that shows that that person or thing ever existed or happened
The president said NATO expansion would finally erase the boundary line in Europe artificially created by the Cold War. 总统称北约的扩展将最终消除冷战在欧洲人为造成的界限。
Years of hard living had blurred but not erased her girlhood beauty. 多年的艰辛岁月使她芳容暗淡，但少女时代的美貌仍然依稀可辨。
He was a man of mystery - erased from the history books. 他是一个充满神秘色彩的人物——有关他的任何情况都已不见于史册。
erasure
noun [ C or U ] uk/ɪˈreɪ.ʒər/ us/ɪˈreɪ.ʒɚ/
抹去，擦掉
the act of erasing something
the nuclear erasure of entire populations 对全人类的核毁灭
the erasure of police audiotapes 抹掉警方的录音