1530s, "Roman magistrate who took censuses and oversaw public morals," from Middle French censor and directly from Latin censor, from censere "to appraise, value, judge," from PIE root *kens- "speak solemnly, announce" (cognates: Sanskrit śamsati "recites, praises," śasa "song of praise").
There were two of them at a time in classical times, usually patricians, and they also had charge of public finances and public works. Transferred sense of "officious judge of morals and conduct" in English is from 1590s. Roman censor also had a transferred sense of "a severe judge; a rigid moralist; a censurer." Of books, plays (later films, etc.), 1640s. By the early decades of the 19c. the meaning of the English word had shaded into "state agent charged with suppression of speech or published matter deemed politically subversive." Related: Censorial.
censor (v.)
1833 of media, from censor (n.). Related: Censored; censoring.
实用例句
1. Television companies tend to censor bad language in feature films.
电视公司往往会在审查故事片时删去其中的粗话。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The censor struck out the next two lines.
审查员划掉了下面两行。
来自柯林斯例句
3. The film has not been viewed by the censor.
这部影片还未经审查人员审查.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. The censor demanded that the scene be written out.
