bowdlerize

verb

1. 删改（认为书或戏剧等中有伤风化或有冒犯性的部分）；鲍德勒化
   to remove the parts of a book, play, etc. that you think are likely to shock or offend people

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 bowdlerise


1. VERB 删除，删改（书或电影中的部分）
   To bowdlerize a book or film means to take parts of it out before publishing it or showing it.
   1. I'm bowdlerizing it — just slightly changing one or two words so listeners won't be upset.
      我在对它作些改动——只是改换个别字眼，好让听众更容易接受。
   2. ...a bowdlerised version of the song.
      这首歌曲的删节版

1. I'm bowdlerizing it — just slightly changing one or two words so listeners won't be upset.
   我在对它作些改动——只是改换个别字眼，好让听众更容易接受。
2. A place to carefully calibrate, sanitize and bowdlerize our words for every possible audience, now and forever.
   在Facebook上，我们要始终谨慎校正、净化和删改我们对每个可能听众所说的每个词。

verb

1. edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
   1. bowdlerize a novel

   Synonym:    bowdleriseexpurgatecastrateshorten