[] to remove or destroy sth completely清除；消除；消灭◆The share price dropped 5% today, erasing yesterday's gains.股价今天下跌了 5%，昨日的收益化为乌有。to remove a recording from a tape or information from a computer's memory删除，抹去，清洗（磁带上的录音或计算机存贮器中的信息）◆The files have been erased from the disk.这些文件已从磁盘中删除了。➡delete verb (1)