VERB 清除,清洗,肃清(组织中的异己分子) To purge an organization of its unacceptable members means to remove them from it. You can also talk about purging people from an organization.
The leadership voted to purge the party of 'hostile and anti-party elements'... 领导层投票决定清除党内的“敌对和反党分子”。
He recently purged the armed forces, sending hundreds of officers into retirement... 他最近肃清了军队中的异己分子,让数百名军官退休。
They have purged thousands from the upper levels of the civil service. 他们从上层文职部门清除了上千名公务员。
Purge is also a noun.
The army have called for a more thorough purge of people associated with the late President... 军队请求更彻底地清除与已故总统有关的人员。
His own father died during Stalin's purges. 他自己的父亲在斯大林发动清洗运动期间去世。
VERB 清除;消除 If you purge something of undesirable things, you get rid of them.
He closed his eyes and lay still, trying to purge his mind of anxiety... 他闭上眼睛躺着不动,试图消除内心的焦虑。
The only way to purge the economy of this new burst of inflation is a short, sharp recession. 要消除新爆发的这次通货膨胀,唯一的方法是让经济短期内急剧衰退。