爱华网【英语词汇】
delete、omit、erase
佳中
这组动词都可表示“删除”、“略去”的意思。
delete“删除”，主要指在编辑和审稿过程中删掉不需要的章节或文字，也可
表示去掉不要的东西。
1）If you delete thisparagraph, the composition will have more appeal.
如果你删除这一段,文章会有更强的吸引力。
2）Thearticle is on the whole well written, but you still need todelete some
unnecessary words init.
这篇文章总体来说写得很好,但是你仍然需要删掉一些不必要的字。
3）If youdelete 50 words, we can put the whole story on onepage.
如果你删掉50个字, 我们可以把整篇报道安排在一个版面上.
4）Alwaysdelete unknown email attachments without openingthem.
要删除不知名的电子邮件附件，不要打开它们。
5）It seems to beunlikely not to receive any junk mail when you check youremail.
What you can do is to delete it with patience.
当你收电子邮件时，没受到垃圾邮件似乎是不太可能发生的事。你能做的只有耐心地把它删
掉。
omit“略去”、“删除”、“漏掉”，指将某些文字或内容略去（并非不需要
的），或删去被视作不重要、不合意的东西；也可指因疏忽而遗漏。
1）There is no enoughtime to go over your plan. You should omit the detailsand
just give us the main points.
没有足够的时间审查你的计划，略去细节,给我们讲重点。
2）You canomit part of your experience if it isn’t related to the jobyour
seeking.
如果这部分经历与你寻找的工作无关，你可以把它删掉。
3）You canomit the last two sentences of the passage.
你可以把这篇文章的最后两句话删去.
4）Because of the limited timeallowance, the speakers were told to omit allthat
was not relevent to the topic under discussion.
由于时间限止,发言者被告知删掉与讨论主题无关的内容。
5）I hope that you’llbe more careful in typing the letter。Don’tomit
anything.
我希望你打这封信时要更仔细点，不要遗漏任何东西。
6）Tell us everythingthat occurred; don't omit anything.
把发生的一切告诉.，不要遗漏任何东西。
erase基本意思是“擦掉”、“抹掉”，可引申出“删除”，尤其指删除文字内
容或电脑中的软件、文件等。
1）Shecouldn’t erase the terrrible experience from hermemory.
她无法把那次可怕的经历从记忆中沫去。
2）But the scars leftby history are not easy to erase.
可是历史的伤痕是难以抹灭的。
3）Better toerase your private data constantly, leaving no traces of itin the
computer.
最好经常清除你的私人资料,不要在电脑中留下痕迹。
4）It was unfortunatethat she had erased the message.
不幸的是她已经删除了那条短信。
leave out
cut out
cross out
这三个动词短语也可以表示“略去”、“删除”的意思。leave out还可以表示
“漏掉”的意思。
1）Before he finally sent its copies among members of the committee,he went over it again
and againand made sure that no item of importance wereleft out. (omitted)
在他最终向委员会成员散发文件之前,他反复校对，确信没有的重要性东西遗漏。
2）Much to his anger, he found that his name had beencrossout/cut outfrom the listof
those who were to speak at the conference. （omitted）
他非常生气,发现自己的名字从会议发言名单上被划掉了。
3）Because of thelimited time allowance, the speakers were told tocut out / leave outall
thatwasnotrelevent to the topic under discussion.
由于时间限止,发言者被告知删掉与讨论主题无关的内容。
