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.).
雙語例句
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(dāng)上領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的第一件事就是清除黨內(nèi)的極端分子。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
3. The new president carried out a purge of disloyal army officers.
新總統(tǒng)對不忠誠的軍官進(jìn)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(yīng)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.