Censor



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.审查, 检查 ( 书报)
• ［英］ v.审查, 检查 ( 书报) ( to subject to censorship)
• ［类］ vendor : purvey / censor : expurgate ( 卖主提供货物 / 审查员删除内容)
• ［记］ cens ( 评估) +or -> 评估之人 -> 检查员
• ［同］ 同根词: censure ( 指责, 非难)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Latin, Roman magistrate, from censēre to give as one's opinion, assess; perhaps akin to Sanskrit ?a?sati he praises
• Date: 1526
• 1. a person who supervises conduct and morals: as
  • a. an official who examines materials (as publications or films) for objectionable matter
  • b. an official (as in time of war) who reads communications (as letters) and deletes material considered sensitive or harmful
• 2. one of two magistrates of early Rome acting as census takers, assessors, and inspectors of morals and conduct
• 3. a hypothetical psychic agency that represses unacceptable notions before they reach consciousness
• ? censorial adjective

II. transitive verb (censored; censoring)

• Date: 1882
• to examine in order to suppress or delete anything considered objectionable <censor the news; also to suppress or delete as objectionable <censor out indecent passages

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