delete and eliminate; expurgate; weed out
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to delete and eliminate; to expurgate; to weed out (redundant or inferior elements)
literaryLiterary and formal usage. Often used in editing, administrative, or academic contexts to describe the removal of superfluous, outdated, or substandard content or items.
Biān编
jí辑
zhèng正
zài在
shān删
tài汰
gǎo稿
jiàn件
zhōng中
de的
rǒng冗
wén文
zhuì赘
jù句
。
The editor is currently expurgating redundant sentences from the manuscript.
Wǒ我
men们
xū需
yào要
dìng定
qī期
shān删
tài汰
guò过
shí时
de的
guī规
zhāng章
zhì制
dù度
。
We need to regularly eliminate outdated rules and regulations.
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Cǐ此
cì次
gǎi改
gé革
zhǐ旨
zài在
shān删
tài汰
luò落
hòu后
chǎn产
néng能
，
yōu优
huà化
chǎn产
yè业
jié结
gòu构
。
This reform aims to weed out backward production capacity and optimize the industrial structure.