cleanse

英 [klenz]

美 [klenz]

v.  清洁(皮肤); 清洗(伤口); 使免除(罪过); 使净化

过去分词：cleansed　现在分词：cleansing　第三人称单数：cleanses　过去式：cleansed　

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Collins.2 / BNC.11568 / COCA.10540

牛津词典

verb

• 清洁（皮肤）；清洗（伤口）
  to clean your skin or a wound
  1. a cleansing cream
     洁肤霜
• 使免除（罪过）；使净化
  to take away sb's guilty feelings or sin

柯林斯词典

• VERB 清洗;清除;净化
  Tocleansea place, person, or organizationofsomething dirty, unpleasant, or evil means to make them free from it.
  1. Straight after your last cigarette your body will begin to cleanse itself of tobacco toxins...
     一旦停止抽烟，人体立刻就会开始清除体内的烟草毒素。
  2. It urged the party to cleanse its own ranks of those found guilty of human rights violations...
     它敦促该党清除那些被判侵犯人权罪的党员。
  3. Confession cleanses the soul.
     忏悔净化灵魂。
• VERB 清理，清洗(皮肤或伤口)
  If youcleanseyour skin or a wound, you clean it.
  1. Catherine demonstrated the proper way to cleanse the face.
     凯瑟琳演示了洁面的正确方法。
  2. ...cleansing lotions.
     清洗液
• See also:...a sustained and systematic effort to ethnically cleanse the entire province...Many are refugees of three or four or even five other places where they've been cleansed from.ethnic cleansing

英英释义

verb

• clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing
  1. clean up before you see your grandparents
  2. clean your fingernails before dinner
  Synonym:clean
• purge of an ideology, bad thoughts, or sins
  1. Purgatory is supposed to cleanse you from your sins

双语例句

• At the cross Jesus Christ bled and died to cleanse me of my every sin.
  耶稣基督在十字架上流血死亡而清洗我的每一个罪。
• Catherine demonstrated the proper way to cleanse the face.
  凯瑟琳演示了洁面的正确方法。
• I let the melody shine, let it cleanse my mind, I feel free now.
  我让这悦耳美妙、着光芒的乐音净化我的心灵，我现在感到自由了。
• I come to cleanse this land!
  我为净化这片土地而来！
• Their attempt to cleanse society of this iniquity.
  他们消除社会中这种邪恶风气的企图。
• A colon cleanse system will help you do this.
  一个冒号清洗系统将帮助您做到这一点。
• Cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water.
  用肥皂和水等清洗剂来清洗。
• Earth must cleanse her skin or surface in preparation for soul infusion or illumination.
  地球必须净化她的皮肤或表面来准备好灵魂灌输或照亮。
• Straight after your last cigarette your body will begin to cleanse itself of tobacco toxins
  一旦停止抽烟，人体立刻就会开始清除体内的烟草毒素。
• These banks also need to cleanse their balance sheets of toxic assets and bad loans.
  这些银行还需要清理资产负债表上的问题资产和不良贷款。