中文词源
purgative 泻药，通便药物
来自purge,清除，清洗，净化。比喻用法。
英语词源
- purgative (adj.)
- late 14c., from Old French purgatif (14c.) and directly from Late Latin purgativus, from purgat-, past participle stem of Latin purgare (see purge (v.)). The noun is attested from early 15c. (Old English medical texts have clænsungdrenc).
权威例句
- 1. The doctors attempted to reduce his high fever by inducing diarrhea with a purgative.
- 医生们尝试用通便药物催泻以使他退烧。
- 2. This oil acts as a purgative / has a purgative effect.
- 这种油有催泻作用.
- 3. Causing evacuation, especially of the bowels; purgative.
- 排泄的,排除的引起腹泻, 尤指肠泻的; 净肠的.
- 4. He was given a purgative before the operation.
- 他在手术前用了通便药.
- 5. The popular idea of recession as purgative - the hangover following an ill - and enduring emotional appeal.
- 这种把衰退看作泻药的观点 - 类似于狂欢后的酩酊大醉 - 有着强烈并且持久的情感吸引力.