edit

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ed·it /ˈedɪt/ verb

1 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]TCAM to prepare a book, piece of film etc for printing or broadcasting by removing mistakes or parts that are not acceptable 编校

The newspaper edits letters before printing them.

这家报社刊登读者来信前先作校订。

2 [transitiveT] to prepare a book or article for printing by deciding what to include and in what order 编辑

a collection of essays edited by John Gay

由约翰·盖伊编辑的论文集

3. [transitiveT] to prepare a film by deciding what to include and in what order 剪辑，剪接〔影片〕

4 [transitiveT]TCN to be responsible for the information that is included in a newspaper, magazine etc 主编

She used to edit the Observer.

她曾担任《观察家报》的主编。

5 edit something ↔ out phrasal verbphr v TCAMto remove something when you are preparing a book, piece of film etc for printing or broadcasting 〔在编辑、剪辑等过程中〕删除，去掉 SYN cut

The interviewer’s questions have been edited out.

采访者的提问都被删掉了。

Examples from the Corpus

edit out• But Berryman had edited nothing out.• He knew the bad bits existed, but he had edited them out.• Which is why people delve into the two system start-up files and edit commands out.

—edit noun [countableC]

Examples from the Corpus

edit• Gupta founded and edited a newspaper in colonial East Africa.• Today the Foxfire magazine is still written, edited, and published by students.• Viewing and editing documents on screen can be much quicker than working on paper.• Education bosses have edited favourite children's author Roald Dahl out of their proposed guide to recommended reading in schools.• Nor is there any way of inputting or editing individual records.• Press B to enter the edit mode.• He looks at a film in the editing room like a sculptor and assembles the pieces.

From Longman Business Dictionary

edited·it /ˈedɪt/ verb [transitiveT]

1to make changes to a piece of writing, a film, or a recording in order to improve it and remove any mistakes

After you have created and edited a document, you will want to format it.

2to be the editor of a newspaper or magazine

He edited the magazine from 1999 to 2006.

→ edit something → out

Origin edit

(1700-1800) editor

ed·it verb

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