a person who is authorized to read publications or correspondence or to watch theatrical performances and suppress in whole or in part anything considered obscene or politically unacceptable
Verb
forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper)
subject to political, religious, or moral censorship;
"This magazine is censored by the government"
例句
用作名词(n.)
They had to accept the blue pencil of the censor.他们不得不接受检查员的修改。
Don't write anything that will bother the censor.你可别写什么给检查员找麻烦的话。
A white censor was standing over me.有一个白人监察官在监视着我。
The censor insisted on excising the passage from the film.电影审查员坚持剪去影片的这一段。
用作及物动词(vt.)
It is not constitutional to censor the press.审查新闻是违反宪法的。
