mid-14c., "to obliterate," from Old French desfacier "mutilate, destroy, disfigure," from des- "away from" (see dis-) + Vulgar Latin *facia (see face (n.)). Weaker sense of "to mar, make ugly" is late 14c. in English. Related: Defaced; defacing.
例文
1. It 's illegal to deface banknotes.
紙幣に落書きをするのは違法です。
2.The youths used spray paint to deface buildings during the riots.
これらの若者たちは抗争時に塗装で建物の外観を汚した。
3.The holy tide of Christmas all other doth deface .
クリスマスの聖潮、その他のすべてが感染する。
4. To destroy or deface ( public or private property ) willfully or maliciously.
破壊故意または悪意的に破壊または毀損(公共または私財)
5.Thoughtless boy have deface the desk by marking on them.