efface
v[Tn]
(fml 文)
1 rub or wipe (sth) out; cause to fade 擦去, 抹掉(某事物); 使淡薄; 使逐漸消失
Time and weather had long ago effaced the inscription on the monument. 歲月和風雨早已磨掉紀念碑上的銘文.
Time alone will efface those unpleasant memories. 只有時間才能使人淡忘那些不快的記憶.
2 ~ oneself keep in the background in order to escape being noticed; make oneself appear unimportant 使自己不被人注意; 使自己顯得無足輕重.
?? 擴展釋義
*[i'feis]vt. 抹去, 消除, 忘卻
?? 同詞根單詞
facen. 面容;表面;臉;方面;
vt.& vi. 面對;面向…;正視;承認;
vt. (感到不能)對付;(明知不好辦而)交談;必須對付(某情況);面臨…;