purge

英 [pɜːdʒ] 美[pɝdʒ]

英英释义实用场景例句

近义词cleanse

复数: purges;第三人称单数: purges;过去式: purged;过去分词: purged;现在分词: purging;

1. purg- + -e.

purge 清除，清洗，净化

来自拉丁语purgare,纯化，清洗，使干净，来自purigare,使纯化，来自purus,纯的，词源同pure,-ig,驱动，使，做，词源同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": 领导层投票决定清除党内的“敌对和反党分子”。

2. His first act as leader was to purge the party of extremists.: 他当上领导的第一件事就是清除党内的极端分子。

3. The new president carried out a purge of disloyal army officers.: 新总统对不忠诚的军官进行了清洗.

4. The mayoral candidate has promised to purge the police department.: 市长候选人答应清洗警察部门.

5. The army have called for a more thorough purge of people associated with the late President.: 军队请求更彻底地清除与已故总统有关的人员.