Word · Frequency #11561
purge
清洗；肃清；整肃
核心释义
尤指政治领域的大规模清除。
A forceful removal of people, especially from political life or an organization.
- 1.
净化的行为或实例
An act or instance of purging.
- 2.
肠胃的排空；排便或呕吐
An evacuation of the bowels or the stomach; a defecation or vomiting.
- 3.
净化物或净化者；尤其是清肠药
Something which or someone who purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic.
- 4.
强制移除人员,例如从政治活动中
A forcible removal of people, for example, from political activity.
- 5.
清洗管道的行为或实例
An act or instance of the cleansing of pipes.
- 6.
从生肉中渗出的红色或红色液体,主要由水和蛋白质组成；“肉汁”
A red or reddish liquid that seeps out from raw muscular meat consisting mostly of water and protein; "meat juice".
- 7.
由于使用促进细胞更新的护肤品而导致痤疮暂时恶化,将潜在瑕疵更快带到表面。
The temporarily worsening of acne due to the introduction of skincare products that increase cell turnover, bringing underlying blemishes to the surface more quickly.
清除；清洗；净化；清肠；排便；呕吐；泻药；催吐剂；管道清洗；疏通；爆痘；皮肤更新反应
用法In use
The company conducted a massive purge of underperforming employees.
用法提示：purge 在此作名词，表示清除、裁员。
We performed a thorough purge of old files from the computer.
用法提示：purge 作名词，表示清除、清理。
The library carried out a purge of outdated books.
用法提示：purge 作名词，表示清除、清理。
a purge of sb/sth
of 后接被清除的人或事物；这是该名词表示“清洗、肃清”时最常见的结构。
The new leader ordered a purge of officials loyal to the old regime.
新领导人下令清洗效忠旧政权的官员。
a purge against sb
against 强调清洗所针对的群体或对象，常见于新闻报道。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- political purge
- 政治清洗
- The new leader ordered a political purge of the army.新领导人下令对军队进行政治清洗。
- carry out a purge
- 进行清洗
- The president carried out a purge of suspected traitors within the party.总统对党内疑似叛徒进行了清洗。
- a purge of opponents
- 对反对者的清洗
- The newspaper exposed a purge of opponents in the military.该报纸揭露了对军方反对者的清洗。
- mass purge
- 大规模清洗
- The era was marked by a mass purge of intellectuals.那个时代以对知识分子的大规模清洗为特征。
- party purge
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
purge 里有 urge（冲动）：一有冲动就想把多余、碍事的东西清除掉，所以 purge 是清洗、整肃、清肠。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：politics、news reports、historical accounts 本条目选取“强力清除/肃清人员”这一义项。该说法多用于正式语境，常出现在政治、组织或历史叙述中；日常口语较少把 purge 当名词用。
语法说明Grammar Note
可数名词，常与of或from连用
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
urge、surge 与 purge 都含有 -urge；merge、verge、emerge 拼作 -erge，scourge 拼作 -ourge，但都以 /ɜːdʒ/（美式英语中为 /ɜːrdʒ/）结尾，与 purge 押韵。注意 purple /ˈpɜːpəl/、purse /pɜːs/、pulse /pʌls/、plunge /plʌndʒ/ 拼写或发音看似相近，但元音或韵尾不同，并不押韵。
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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