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purgationn.
1. cleansing (the body by eliminating the excess bile)清洗（身体内过盛的胆汁）。
△Ham.3.2.321 (304): “Yourwisdom should show itself more richer to signify thisto the doctor,for,for me to put him to his purga-tion,would perhaps plunge him into more choler.”你应该明白，这件事要通知医生才对，因为若是叫我去给他下药清洗（胆汁），恐怕更要使他发火。
2. (legal term)exculpation,clearing from a charge.proof of innocence,clearing from the suspicion ofguilt（法律用词）申明无罪，开脱罪责，证明清白，洗刷罪嫌。
△As.1.3.56(53):“If their purgation did consist inwords. / They are as innocent as grace itself.”如果言语就可以洗刷他们的罪恶，他们都会像美德一样清白。
△As.5.4. 44 (43):“If any man doubt that,let him put me tomy purgation.” i.e. challenge me for proof. 要是有人怀疑这一点，让他来质问我好了。
△L.L.L.3.1.132 (126):“now you will be my purgation and let me loose.”现在你要开脱我，放我出去。
△H.VIII.5.3.149 (5.2.184):“What was purposed / Concerning his imprisonmentwas rather,/ If there be faith in men,meant for histrial / And fair purgation to the world than malice,/I'm sure,in me.”关于要把他监禁起来这件事，当初的打算——如果人们尚有信义可凭的话——其用心乃是为了便于对他的审讯，为了向世人彻底洗刷他的罪嫌，绝非出于恶意，至少，我敢肯定，我自己就是如此。 purgation[pə:ˈgeiʃən]n.净化
‖ purgative adj. 净化的
purgatorial[ˌpə:gəˈtɔ:riəl]adj.炼狱的，涤罪的 |