delete
刪除檔案或文字資料
電腦操作、刪檔的基本動詞
Tom deleted his homework file by mistake and lost all his work.

湯姆不小心刪除了作業檔案,作業全沒了。

按下 delete 鍵,檔案通常只是先移到資源回收筒,並非立刻永久消失。

一個畫面:按鍵抹除文字

按鍵手指按下 Delete 鍵
文字消失螢幕上的文字瞬間不見
移入回收筒檔案被丟進暫存的回收筒,還能救回

義項

檔案消失B1verb刪除檔案或文字資料
She deleted the old email by mistake and had to search for it in the trash folder.
她不小心刪除了舊的電子郵件,只好到垃圾桶資料夾裡尋找。
delete a filedelete an emaildelete a message

片語

delete key按鍵位置 →鍵盤上的刪除鍵
delete button螢幕按鈕 →畫面上的刪除按鈕
permanently delete永久抹除 →永久刪除,無法復原

你會不會這樣說?

She ___ the old email by mistake and had to search for it in the trash folder. (delete / deleted)

看答案

deleted

delete 是原形動詞,句子需要過去式 deleted 才符合文法。

按下 delete 鍵後,檔案就從電腦裡永久消失,再也找不回來。這句話對還是錯?

看答案

錯

delete 通常只是先移到資源回收筒,並非馬上永久消失。

字族

deletion 刪除(名詞)

順路看看

多益練習

本區為多益情境練習,與上方釋義獨立編寫

情境例句

郵件編輯
Please delete the repeated sentence from the draft email before sending it.
寄出前,請刪除電子郵件草稿中重複的句子。
檔案整理
Nora deleted a duplicate presentation file from her desktop.
Nora 刪除了桌面上一個重複的簡報檔案。

詞族

delete verb 刪除電子資料・deletes verb(第三人稱單數現在式) 刪除・deleted verb(過去式/過去分詞) 刪除了;已刪除・deletion noun 刪除

四選一

Please ____ the duplicate paragraph from the draft email.

  • deletes
  • deleted
  • deletion
  • delete
看答案

delete

這是祈使句,Please 後使用原形動詞 delete。deletes 是第三人稱單數現在式;deleted 是過去式或過去分詞;deletion 是名詞,三者都不能在此作祈使句的主要動詞。

同義改寫

Please delete the extra sentence from the draft email. → Please remove the extra sentence from the draft email.
在電子郵件編輯情境中,remove 與 delete 都表示把多餘的句子從草稿中移除。
The editor deleted the repeated heading from the digital report. → The editor removed the repeated heading from the digital report.
兩句都指編輯刪去電子報告中的重複標題,沒有額外宣稱資料永久消失或無法復原。

延伸練習

回報這個字的錯誤