erasure
noun formal uk/ɪˈreɪ.ʒər/ us/ɪˈreɪ.ʒɚ/
(OF MARK)
[ U or C ]（尤指对铅笔字迹的）抹去，擦掉
the act of removing a pencil mark by rubbing it
What happens when a voter marks more than one candidate, then tries to correct the mistake through erasure? 如果选民错误地勾选了多名候选人又试图擦除，这种情况怎么办？
The artist takes photos of his drawings as he makes them, creating a visual record of every line and erasure. 艺术家在作画的过程中拍下照片，为每一根线条和每一次擦除都做了视觉记录。
(OF RECORDING)
[ U or C ]抹去（磁带内容）;删除（磁盘里的文件）
the act of removing recordings or information from a magnetic tape or disk
the erasure of police audiotapes 警察录音带的删除
Common causes of data loss include accidental erasure, worms, and viruses. 数据丢失的常见原因包括意外删除、蠕虫和病毒。
The software protects data from overwrites or erasures. 该软件可以保护数据不被覆盖或删除。
(OF PAST)
[ U ]抹去感情、记忆或时间
the act of causing a feeling, memory, or period of time to be completely forgotten
He laments Virginia's erasure from popular history as the birthplace of English America. 他感叹弗吉尼亚作为英属美利坚的发源地这段历史已从通俗历史课本中被抹去了。
[ U ] literary消除;消灭;清除
the act of removing or destroying something, especially something that shows that that person or thing ever existed or happened
the nuclear erasure of entire populations 对整个人口的核消灭
- More examples
- Total assimilation would require the erasure of his past, his traditions, in fact all his origins.
- He deplores the erasure of historical memory, and the three-second attention span induced by the mass media.
- Why is the erasure of desire so difficult?
See: erase