【censor】 - SAT备考词汇

censor

UK:  ['sensə(r)]

US:  ['sensər]

复数：censors  过去分词：censored  现在分词：censoring  

n.

1.(古罗马调查户口、检查社会风纪等的)监察官;(书刊等的)审查员,(信件等的)检查员

2.审查;删改

3.监察官,检查官,检查员;新闻检查官

4.有恶意的评论者

5.(牛津大学等的)学监

6.【心理学】抑制性潜意识

v.

1.审查(书刊等);检查(信件等)

2.删改

1 . But it would be a mistake to back off and censor our kooks. The freedom to be an imbecile is one of our core values.
然而就此退让，对美国的疯子们进行审查也是错误的。当蠢货的自由也是我们的核心价值之一。

2 . He was taken up, censor'd, and imprison'd for a month, by the speaker's warrant, I suppose, because he would not discover his author.
他们发出了一张议长拘押票，逮捕了我哥哥，控告了他，并且判了他一个月的徒刑，我想这大概是因为他不愿泄露原作者姓名的缘故吧。

3 . He refused to bow to the demands of the "censor- morons " as he had for the publication of his first novel, The White Peacock.
像出版第一本小说《白孔雀》时那样，他拒绝向那些“低能审查者”低头，去迎合他们的要求。

4 . Maurice the Censor has been given the unpleasant duty of assessing just what can and cannot be allowed to be read by the general public.
毛瑞思审阅员有一个不是很令人愉快的工作，即评定出那些不适合被公众阅读的读物。

5 . Although the authorities censor the internet heavily in other respects, the pearls of Western entertainment are usually just a click away.
尽管政府在互联网其他方面的审查非常严格，但网上的西方娱乐通常只是鼠标一击之遥。