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purgation

/pur-gey-shuhn/US // pɜrˈgeɪ ʃən //UK // (pɜːˈɡeɪʃən) //

净化,炼狱,肃清,清理

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of purging.

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Examples

  • A century will pass before Lyons will recover itself from this Jacobin purgation.

  • We are angels when we come to cure—devils when we ask payment—but I will administer a purgation to his purse I warrant him.

  • What chance was there after the purgation I was now suffering, that I should come out acquitted at last?

  • In rapid cases rest, liquid diet, purgation, and firm bandaging of the legs are indicated.

  • The method of the Parmenides may be compared with the process of purgation, which Bacon sought to introduce into philosophy.