動詞 efface:

1. remove completely from recognition or memory
   同義詞：obliterate
2. make inconspicuous
3. remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing
   同義詞：erase, rub out, score out, wipe off

1. He would have to efface himself before his visitors.
   他每每只好在客人面前躲而避之。
2. Time alone will efface those unpleasant memories.
   只有時間才能使人淡忘那些不快的記憶。
3. Time and weather had long ago effaced the inscription on the monument.
   歲月和風雨早已磨掉紀念碑上的銘文。

ef.face

v.tr.（及物動詞）
ef.faced,ef.fac.ing,ef.fac.es
To rub or wipe out; erase.
擦去：擦掉或消除；抹去
To make indistinct as if by rubbing:
沖淡（記憶）：好象通過擦拭使變得不清晰：
例句：
.Five years` absence had done nothing to efface the people`s memory of his firmness.(Alan Moorehead)See Synonyms at erase
.五年離別絲毫未沖淡人們對他堅毅形象的記憶.(艾倫·穆爾黑德)參見 erase

To conduct (oneself) inconspicuously:
隱沒：使（自己）不被人注意：
例句：
.When the two women went out together, Anna deliberately effaced herself and played to the dramatic Molly.(Doris Lessing)
.當那兩個女人一起出去，安娜特意不突出自己而去迎合舉止顯眼的莫莉.(多麗絲·萊辛)

來源：
Middle English effacen
中古英語 effacen
from French effacer
源自 法語 effacer
from Old French esfacier
源自 古法語 esfacier
es- [out] from Latin ex- [ex-]
es- [向外面的] 源自 拉丁語 ex- [前綴，表.從前的.]
face [face] from Latin faciôs * see dhô-
face [面對] 源自 拉丁語 faciôs *參見 dhô-

【引伸】
efface.able
adj.（形容詞）
efface.ment
n.（名詞）
effac.er
n.（名詞）