delete

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they delete
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he / she / it deletes
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past simple deleted
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past participle deleted
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-ing form deleting
🔊/dɪˈliːtɪŋ/
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  1. delete something (from something) to remove something that has been written or printed, or that has been stored on a computer删去;删除
    • Your name has been deleted from the list.你的名字已从名单上删掉。🔊🔊
    • This command deletes files from the directory.这一指令把文档从目录中删除。🔊🔊
    • (British English) Mr/Mrs/Ms (delete as appropriate)先生/太太/女士(删去不适用者)
    • Delete the word ‘it’ and insert ‘them’.删除单词"它"并插入"它们"。
    Collocations Email and the internetEmail and the internet电子邮件和互联网Email电子邮件
    • receive/​get/​open an email收到/打开电邮
    • write/​send/​answer/​forward/​delete an email写/发送/回复/转发/删除电邮
    • check/​read/​access your email查收/阅读/读取电邮
    • block/​filter (out) junk/​spam/​unsolicited email阻止/过滤垃圾/不请自来的电邮
    • exchange email addresses交换电邮地址
    • open/​check your inbox打开/查看收件箱
    • junk mail fills/​floods/​clogs your inbox垃圾电邮塞满收件箱
    • have/​set up an email account拥有/创建电邮账号
    • open/​send/​contain an attachment打开/发送/包含附件
    • sign up for/​receive email alerts注册使用/收到电邮提醒
    Connecting to the internet连接到互联网
    • use/​access/​log onto the internet/​the Web使用/登录互联网
    • go online/​on the internet上网
    • have a high-speed/​broadband/​wireless (internet) connection
    • access/​connect to/​locate the server登录/连接到/定位服务器
    • use/​open/​close/​launch a/​your web browser使用/打开/关闭/开启网页浏览器
    • browse/​surf/​search/​scour the internet/​the Web上网浏览/搜索
    • send/​contain/​spread/​detect a(n) (computer/​email) virus发送/含有/传播/发现(电脑/电邮)病毒
    • update your anti-virus software升级杀毒软件
    • install/​use/​configure a firewall安装/使用/设置防火墙
    • accept/​enable/​block/​delete cookies接受/启用/阻止/删除网站饼干
    Using the internet使用互联网
    • visit/​check a website/​an internet site/​somebody’s blog访问/查看网站/互联网站点/某人的博客
    • create/​design/​launch a website/​social networking site创建/设计/启用一个网站/社交网站
    • start/​write/​post/​read a blog创建/写/发布/读博客
    • update your blog/​a website更新博客/网站内容
    • be in/​meet somebody in/​go into/​enter an internet chat room在/遇见某人在/进入网络聊天室
    • download/​upload music/​software/​a song/​a podcast/​a file/​a copy of something下载/上传音乐/软件/一首歌/一个播客/一个文件/一个…的备份
    • share information/​data/​files共享信息/数据/文件
    • post a comment/​message on a(n) website/​online message board/​web forum/​internet chat room在网站上/网络留言板上/网络论坛上/网络聊天室里发布评论/信息
    • stream video/​audio/​music/​content over the internet在互联网上流播视频/音频/音乐/内容
    • join/​participate in/​visit/​provide a(n) (web-based/​web/​online/​internet/​discussion) forum加入/访问/提供(网络)论坛
    • generate/​increase/​monitor internet traffic产生/增加/监管网络流量
    Extra Examples
    • The file had been accidentally deleted.该文件已被意外删除。
    • I deleted your last email by mistake—could you send it again?我无意中把你的上一封电子邮件给删除了。请再发一次好吗?
    Topics Computersb2, Phones, email and the internetb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • accidentally
    • inadvertently
    • automatically
    preposition
    • from
    phrases
    • delete as appropriate
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    Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘destroy’): from Latin delet- ‘blotted out, effaced’, from the verb delere.

delete

noun
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  1. a key or command on a computer, phone, etc. that removes text, records or images
    • Just use delete to remove a specific record from the database. 只需使用delete从数据库中删除特定记录。
    • If the caller asks for financial details, just hang up and press delete.如果呼叫者要求财务详细信息,只需挂断并按删除。
    Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘destroy’): from Latin delet- ‘blotted out, effaced’, from the verb delere.