efface
v[Tn]
(fml 文)
1 rub or wipe (sth) out; cause to fade 擦去, 抹掉(某事物); 使淡薄; 使逐渐消失
Time and weather had long ago effaced the inscription on the monument. 岁月和风雨早已磨掉纪念碑上的铭文.
Time alone will efface those unpleasant memories. 只有时间才能使人淡忘那些不快的记忆.
2 ~ oneself keep in the background in order to escape being noticed; make oneself appear unimportant 使自己不被人注意; 使自己显得无足轻重.