Word · Frequency #11561
purge
清除；净化
To clean or remove unwanted things from something; to purify.
- 1.
To clean thoroughly; to rid of impurities; to cleanse; to clear of (something unwanted).
彻底清洁；去除杂质；清除不需要的东西
- 2.
To remove by cleansing; to wash away.
通过清洗去除；洗去
- 3.
To free from sin, guilt, or burden.
使摆脱罪恶、内疚或负担
- 4.
To evacuate (the bowels or the stomach); to defecate or vomit.
排空肠胃；排便或呕吐
- 5.
To cause someone to purge; to operate (on somebody) using a cathartic or emetic, or in a similar manner.
使某人排泄；用泻药或催吐剂作用于某人
- 6.
To forcibly remove, for example, from political activity.
强制移除,例如从政治活动中
- 7.
To forcibly remove people by an organization.
通过组织强制移除人员
- 8.
To clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation.
消除指控、怀疑或污名
- 9.
To clarify; to clear the dregs from (liquor).
澄清；清除(酒中的)沉淀物
- 10.
To become pure, as by clarification.
通过澄清变得纯净
- 11.
To have or produce frequent evacuations from the intestines, as by means of a cathartic.
通过泻药导致或产生频繁的肠道排空
- 12.
To trim, dress, or prune.
修剪、整理或修整
- 13.
Of topical skincare: to force underlying acne to rise to the surface in response to ingredients that increase cell turnover, causing a temporary increase in blemishes.
关于局部护肤:通过增加细胞更新的成分使潜在痤疮浮出表面,导致暂时性痘痘增加
- 14.
Of skin: to undergo the process of purging.
关于皮肤:经历净化过程
清洗；肃清；通便；催吐；导泻；洗清（罪过）；涤除（罪恶）；洗脱（罪名/嫌疑）；澄清；(使)清澈
In use
I need to purge my hard drive to free up space.
She drinks detox tea to purge her system of toxins.
The store purged its inventory of expired products.
Verb forms
base purge · third person purges · -ing purging · past purged · past participle purged
规则动词，过去式和过去分词均为purged。
Connections
Collocations
- purge the cache
- 清除缓存
- You should purge the cache to fix the loading error.你应该清除缓存来修复加载错误。
- purge the party of dissidents
- 清洗党内的异见分子
- The new leader moved quickly to purge the party of dissidents.新领导人迅速采取行动，清洗党内的异见分子。
- purge toxins from the body
- 排除体内的毒素
- Some people drink herbal tea to purge toxins from the body.有些人喝凉茶来排除体内的毒素。
- purge oneself of guilt
- 消除内疚；洗刷负罪感
- She wrote a letter to purge herself of guilt.她写了一封信，以消除自己的负罪感。
- purge the bowels
- 清空肠道；通便
- The doctor prescribed a laxative to purge the bowels.医生开了泻药来清空肠道。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
purge 里有 urge（冲动），一冲动就彻底清除杂物。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：political or organizational restructuring、medicine and drug instructions、formal or literary writing about cleansing purge 作动词时有多个相关含义，正式程度随语境变化：表示“清除、净化”多用于正式或文学性表达；表示“肃清”常见于政治或组织新闻；表示“通便、催吐”属于医学术语。日常口语中通常用 clean out、get rid of 等代替。
Pronunciation & Spelling
In the transcription used here, purge is /pəːdʒ/. Surge, urge, verge, merge, emerge, and converge all genuinely rhyme with it: each has the same stressed vowel /əː/ and final /dʒ/. Beware lookalikes that sound different: pure begins with /pjʊə/ (or /pjʊr/), purse ends in /s/ not /dʒ/, and purpose is /ˈpəːpəs/.
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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