censor

noun

UK/ˈsen.səʳ/
US/ˈsen.sɚ/

Definitions of censor noun

  1. Countable(可数名词)

    A person authorized to examine books, films, works of art, or communications, and to suppress any parts considered unacceptable for public consumption due to being offensive, harmful, or containing confidential information, often for political reasons.

    (书籍、电影等的)审查员;检查员;(尤指战时或监狱中私人信件的)检查员。

    • Military censors prevented certain details from being made public.

      军事审查员阻止了某些细节被公开。

    • An official government censor.

      一位官方政府的审查员。

    • The newspaper's censor removed all controversial passages from the article.

      报社的审查员删除了文章中所有有争议的段落。

verb

UK/ˈsen.səʳ/
US/ˈsen.sɚ/

Definitions of censor verb

  1. Transitive(及物动词)

    To examine books, films, works of art, documents, or other forms of communication and remove or suppress parts considered offensive, harmful, or containing information that someone wishes to keep secret, often for political reasons.

    审查;删改

    • The book underwent strict censorship when it was first published.

      这本书首次出版时经历了严格的审查。

    • Is it possible to censor the internet?

      有可能审查互联网吗?

    • All mail sent to the prison is censored.

      所有寄往监狱的邮件都经过审查。