n. cleansing or purification(by blood-letting)(通過放血)凈化,清洗。
△Mac. 5. 2. 28: “And with him pour we,in our country's purge,/Each drop of us.”我們和他同為祖國的清洗而流盡每一滴血。
purge
vt.
1. purify by purgative,cure by letting blood用瀉藥清洗,用放血治愈。
△Mac.5.3.52: “And purge it to asound and pristine health.”把它治愈,恢復(fù)原來那樣的健康。
2. purify. cleanse 使純凈,清洗。
△2H.IV.4.5.122(123):“Now,neighbour confines,purge you of yourscum.”現(xiàn)在,鄰近的國家,把你們的社會(huì)渣滓都清洗出來吧。
3. discharge,expel,exude排泄,排出,使?jié)B出。
△Ham.2.2.203(198): “their eyes purging thick amber andplum-tree gum.”他們的眼睛里排泄出濃濃的琥珀膏和桃樹的膠汁。
4. cleanse. expel. remove. get rid of清洗,驅(qū)除,消除,除掉。
△H.V.4.2.29:“To purge this field of such a hil-ding foe;”把這些不堪一擊的敵人從戰(zhàn)場上清除掉。
△2H.VI.3.3.23: “And from his bosom purge this black de-spair!”并且把這種陰暗的絕望從他的胸中清除吧!
△3H.VI.5.6.88:“And then,to purge his fear,I'll be thydeath.”然后,為了消除他的憂慮,我再置你于死地。
5. clear from accusation or suspicion. clear of guilt使擺脫指控或嫌疑,澄清…無罪。
△1H.IV.3.2.20: “As wellas I am doubtless I can purge / Myself of many I am charged withal;”同時(shí)我也確信我能夠洗刷掉我自己身上被人指控的許多罪名。
△H.VIII.5.1.102 (101):“where I know / You cannot with such freedom purge your-self,”我知道屆時(shí)你是不可能輕輕松松地就給你自己辯白清楚的。
~ vb. refl. purify. clear,clear from accusation or sus-picion. clear from crime凈化,澄清,使(自己)擺脫指控或嫌疑,證明(自己)無罪。
△2H.VI.3.1.134: “But mightiercrimes are laid unto your charge,/ Whereof you can-not easily purge yourself.”但是你被指控的還有更大的罪行,你要擺脫可不能那么容易。
△Rom.5.3.226:“And hereI stand both to impeach and purge / Myself con-demned and myself excused.”我站在這里,既要控訴也要澄清自己,因?yàn)槲乙环矫嬉l責(zé)自己有罪同時(shí)又寬恕自己。
~ vi. ?take laxatives,lose weight by means of purga-tive drugs吃瀉藥,借助吃瀉藥減輕體重。
?purge one'ssins. i.e.repent. confess清洗個(gè)人罪孽,(指)悔改,懺悔。
△1H.IV.5.4.167 (163): “If I do grow great,I'llgrow less,for I'll purge and leave sack,and livecleanly as a nobleman should do.”要是我一旦成了大人物(雙關(guān):大塊頭),我就要變得瘦小下來,因?yàn)榈侥菚r(shí)我得悔改(雙關(guān):吃瀉藥減肥)、戒酒,像一位貴族那樣干干凈凈地過日子。