If you erase a thought or feeling, you destroy it completely so that you can no longer remember something or no longer feel a particular emotion.
例句
They are desperate to erase the memory of that last defeat in Cardiff...他們急于抹去上次在卡迪夫遭遇失敗的記憶。Love was a word he'd erased from his vocabulary since Susan's going.自從蘇珊離開后，他再也不提“愛情”這個詞了。
VERB
抹掉（磁帶錄音）；刪除（計算機文件）
If you erase sound which has been recorded on a tape or information which has been stored in a computer, you completely remove or destroy it.
例句
He was in the studio tearfully erasing all the tapes he'd slaved over...他在錄音棚里流著眼淚抹掉他辛苦錄制的所有磁帶。It appears the names were accidentally erased from computer disks.看起來那些名字被意外地從計算機磁盤上刪除了。
VERB
擦掉;抹去
If you erase something such as writing or a mark, you remove it, usually by rubbing it with a cloth.
例句
It was unfortunate that she had erased the message.不幸的是她已經刪除了那條短信。
英漢詞典釋義
vt.
擦掉, 抹去, 清除
He erased the wrong answer and wrote in the right one.他擦去了錯誤答案, 寫上了正確答案。Nothing can erase the incident from his memory.沒有什么東西可以使他忘記那件事。His name was erased from the list.他已被除名。
英英詞典釋義
Verb
1. remove from memory or existence;
"The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915"
2. remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing;
"Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!"