purge

purge

英 [pɜːdʒ]
　　美 [pɝdʒ]

vi. 凈化；通便
　　vt. 凈化；清洗；通便
　　n. 凈化；瀉藥

中文詞源：

purge 清除，清洗，凈化

來自拉丁語purgare,純化，清洗，使幹凈，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.

例句：

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”。

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。

3. The new president carried out a purge of disloyal army officers.
新總統對不忠誠的軍官進行瞭清洗.

4. The mayoral candidate has promised to purge the police department.
市長候選人答應清洗警察部門.

5. The army have called for a more thorough purge of people associated with the late President.
軍隊請求更徹底地清除與已故總統有關的人員.