purge

英 [p??d?] 美[p?d?]

近義詞cleanse

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復(fù)數(shù):?purges;第三人稱單數(shù):?purges;過去式:?purged;過去分詞:?purged;現(xiàn)在分詞:?purging;

1. purg- + -e.

purge 清除，清洗，凈化

來自拉丁語purgare,純化，清洗，使干凈，來自purigare,使純化，來自purus,純的，詞源同pure,-ig,驅(qū)動(dòng)，使，做，詞源同agent,litigate.

purge (v.): c. 1300, "clear of a charge or suspicion;" late 14c., "cleanse, clear, purify," from Anglo-French purger, Old French purgier "wash, clean; refine, purify" morally or physically (12c., Modern French purger) and directly from Latin purgare "cleanse, make clean; purify," especially of the body, "free from what is superfluous; remove, clear away," figuratively "refute, justify, vindicate" (also source of Spanish purgar, Italian purgare), from Old Latin purigare, from purus "pure" (see pure) + root of agere "to drive, make" (see act (n.)). Related: Purged; purging.
purge (n.): 1560s, "that which purges," from purge (v.). Meaning "a purgative, an act of purging" is from 1590s. Political sense from 1730. Earliest sense in English was the now-obsolete one "examination in a legal court" (mid-15c.).

1. The leadership voted to purge the party of "hostile and anti-party elements": 領(lǐng)導(dǎo)層投票決定清除黨內(nèi)的“敵對(duì)和反黨分子”。

2. His first act as leader was to purge the party of extremists.: 他當(dāng)上領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的第一件事就是清除黨內(nèi)的極端分子。

3. The new president carried out a purge of disloyal army officers.: 新總統(tǒng)對(duì)不忠誠的軍官進(jìn)行了清洗.

4. The mayoral candidate has promised to purge the police department.: 市長(zhǎng)候選人答應(yīng)清洗警察部門.

5. The army have called for a more thorough purge of people associated with the late President.: 軍隊(duì)請(qǐng)求更徹底地清除與已故總統(tǒng)有關(guān)的人員.