及物动词

1. 消除;抹去;擦掉
To efface something means to destroy or remove it so that it cannot be seen any more.

1. remove completely from recognition or memory

e.g. efface the memory of the time in the camps

Synonym: obliterate

2. remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing

e.g. Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!

Synonym: eraserub outscore outwipe off

3. make inconspicuous

e.g. efface oneself