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- strongly laxative in effect催泻的, 通便的。
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- figurative having the effect of ridding someone of unwanted feelings or memories〈喻〉净化的; 清洗的; 清除的：
the purgative action of language.
语言的净化作用。
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- a laxative泻剂。
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- figurative a thing that rids someone of unwanted feelings or memories〈喻〉清心剂：
confrontation would be a purgative.
对峙会起到清心的作用。
词源
late Middle English: from Old French purgatif, -ive, from late Latin purgativus, from purgat- 'purified', from the verb purgare （see PURGE）.