purge

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++purge1 /pɜːdʒ $ pɜːrdʒ/ verb  1  LEAVE A JOB OR ORGANIZATIONLEAVE A PLACE[transitive] to force people to leave a place or organization because the people in power do not like them 清除，清洗，肃清〔对手或反对者〕purge something of somebody/something He sought to purge the Democrat party of conservatives. 他试图清除民主党内的保守派党员。purge somebody/something from something plans to purge ethnic minorities from rebel-controlled areas 在叛军控制的地区清除少数民族的计划2  [transitive] to remove something that is thought to be harmful or unacceptable 清除〔有害或不可接受之物〕purge something of somebody/something an initiative to purge the PC market of software pirates 清除个人电脑市场中制作盗版软件者的倡议 Local languages were purged of Russian words. 当地语言中的俄语词汇被清除了。purge somebody/something from something It’s hard to imagine now that Lawrence’s novels were purged from public libraries. 现在很难想象，劳伦斯的小说曾被清出公共图书馆。3  [transitive] to destroy something that is no longer needed 销毁，除去，删除〔不需要的东西〕 The system automatically purges unread emails after two weeks. 这个系统会于两周后把未读的电子邮件自动删除。4  GET RID OF[transitive] literary to remove bad feelings 消除，涤除〔不良情绪〕purge somebody/something of something We have to begin by purging our minds of prejudice. 我们必须首先消除头脑中的偏见。 Any doubts about his leadership were purged by the courage of his performance. 他所表现出的勇气彻底打消了大家对他领导能力的质疑。5  HBH[transitive] to take a substance that makes your bowels empty 〔服药〕使〔肠〕泻清，使通便 Anorexics may overeat before purging themselves or vomiting. 厌食症患者会在暴饮暴食之后服用泻药或者把吃下去的东西呕吐出来。6. [intransitive] to force yourself to bring food up from your stomach and out of your mouth, especially because you have bulimia 〔尤由于患有贪食症〕吐出吃下的食物，催吐→ See Verb table

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purge• Lately, with each round of corporate purging and bingeing, Marco has been feeling his time draw close.• It was as if Lucie's pride had been purged away by standing in that vat of swirling morning mist.• Modernism may well have been purged from public view, but to the determined specialist it was still covertly available.• Many radicals were purged from the party in the early seventies.• Because I need to purge myself of the past more than anything.• Under Americanism the country was to be purged of foreign political elements.• Mr van der Luyden looked about the room with what would have been self-satisfaction on features less purged of the vulgar passions.• He had whipped his Machine into line, shelved the old competitors, purged the incorrigibles.• Employees leaving the government were encouraged to purge their computer files.• In the North, Sung systematically purged those whom he considered a threat.purge something of somebody/something• On many occasions, Stalin purged the armed forces of senior commanders.purge somebody/something of something• It took her months to purge herself of her feelings of guilt.purge2 noun [countable]  1  an action to remove your opponents or the people who disagree with you from an organization or a place 清洗行动，整肃 the Stalinist purges 斯大林进行的清洗purge of/on a purge of military commanders 清洗军事指挥官的行动 a purge on tax dodgers 对逃税者的整肃2. a substance used to make you empty your bowels 泻药

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purge• In the collective unconscious, perhaps everyone wanted a change, a purge.• Even if that in turn led to a purge, the president would emerge stronger.• There was a purge of the military commanders who had supported the coup.• They would be content to see another purge of the suspects, such as myself.• The state government has begun a new purge, with plans to cut demand by imposing a surcharge.• Other purges, other forced confessions and other suicides followed.• Stalin's purges of the 1930s• Nor, it seems, might the purge cease there.• The consequences of these purges was that the government was now more harsh than ever.purge of/on• Further, he appears to have launched a purge on his negotiating team.• There was a purge of ministers sympathetic to reform and office was entrusted to staunch conservatives.• They would be content to see another purge of the suspects, such as myself.• Although the survivors are purged of inherited weakness they have lost their variety.• All that was important to them was that the spirit be purged of all its earthly weaknesses.• Under Americanism the country was to be purged of foreign political elements.• Mr van der Luyden looked about the room with what would have been self-satisfaction on features less purged of the vulgar passions.• It would be a photography purged of people.From Longman Business Dictionarypurgepurge /pɜːdʒpɜːrdʒ/ verb [transitive] to get rid of information that is no longer needed, especially when combining lists of information→ See Verb tableOrigin purge1 (1200-1300) Old French purgier, from Latin purgare “to make pure”, from purus; → PURE

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purge¹ /pɜːdʒ $ pɜːrdʒ/ verb1. [transitive] to force people to leave a place or organization because the people in power do not like them
    purge something of somebody/something
    He sought to purge the Democrat party of conservatives.
    purge somebody/something from something
    plans to purge ethnic minorities from rebel-controlled areas
2. [transitive] to remove something that is thought to be harmful or unacceptable
    purge something of somebody/something
    an initiative to purge the PC market of software pirates
    Local languages were purged of Russian words.
    purge somebody/something from something
    It’s hard to imagine now that Lawrence’s novels were purged from public libraries.
3. [transitive] to destroy something that is no longer needed:
    The system automatically purges unread emails after two weeks.
4. [transitive] literary to remove bad feelings
    purge somebody/something of something
    We have to begin by purging our minds of prejudice.
    Any doubts about his leadership were purged by the courage of his performance.
5. [transitive] to take a substance that makes your bowels empty:
    Anorexics may overeat before purging themselves or vomiting.
6. [intransitive] to force yourself to bring food up from your stomach and out of your mouth, especially because you have bulimia

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purge² noun [countable]
1. an action to remove your opponents or the people who disagree with you from an organization or a place:
    the Stalinist purges
    purge of/on
    a purge of military commanders
    a purge on tax dodgers
2. a substance used to make you empty your bowels