• vi. 凈化；通便
• vt. 凈化；清洗；通便
• n. 凈化；瀉藥

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,驅動，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"

領導層投票決定清除黨內的“敵對和反黨分子”。

來自柯林斯例句

2. His first act as leader was to purge the party of extremists.

他當上領導的第一件事就是清除黨內的極端分子。

來自《權威詞典》

3. The new president carried out a purge of disloyal army officers.

新總統對不忠誠的軍官進行了清洗.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. The mayoral candidate has promised to purge the police department.

市長候選人答應清洗警察部門.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. The army have called for a more thorough purge of people associated with the late President.

軍隊請求更徹底地清除與已故總統有關的人員.

來自柯林斯例句