censor

in Vietnamese Kiểm duyệt, ngăn chặn thông tin

BrE /ˈsensə/ AmE /ˈsɛnsər/

verb / noun en → vi

1 RESTRICT INFORMATION [transitive] B2

Kiểm duyệt, ngăn chặn thông tin

to prevent people from seeing, hearing or reading something because it is considered to be harmful or offensive

  • censor something

Collocations censor a book · censor the news

  • The government censored all reports of the disaster.

    Chính phủ đã kiểm duyệt tất cả các báo cáo về thảm họa.

2 REMOVE CONTENT [transitive] B2

Xóa bỏ nội dung không phù hợp

to remove parts of a book, film, etc. that are considered to be harmful or offensive before it is published or shown

  • censor something

Collocations censor a film · censor a book

  • The movie was heavily censored before it was released.

    Phim đã bị cắt bỏ nhiều nội dung trước khi phát hành.

3 PERSON WHO CENSORS [noun] C1

Người kiểm duyệt

a person whose job is to examine books, films, etc. and remove parts that are considered harmful or offensive before they can be published or shown

  • the censor
  • The censor decided to ban the book.

    Người kiểm duyệt đã quyết định cấm cuốn sách.