clean,cleanse
用作动词时,clean很易和另一动词cleanse混淆不清。
Clean的意思是使洁净、把去垢(to make clean by washing,dusting,sweeping or brushing)。如:to clean a dress,room,hand,shoe,watch等。例:
Please clean your shoes.
请把鞋刷干净。
He cleaned the floor with water.
他用水冲洗地板。
I have got my watch cleaned in a watch-shop.
我的表已在一家钟表店清洁过了。
Cleanse的意思是清洗干净,使纯洁(to make thoroughly clean or make pure)。为此,cleanse含有彻底洗清之意味,语义比clean强得多。clean和cleanse的另一区别是前者为一般用语;后者是正式的(formal)或古旧的用语,有时它还能用于比喻意义,例如to cleanse ones soul洗涤心灵;to cleanse the heart of sin 洗心革面;ethnic cleansing种族清洗/灭绝。
下面请看例句:
We have cleansed the garden of weeds.
我们已把花园里的杂草清除干净。
She bought some detergent and antiseptic from a dyeing and cleansing store.
她从一家洗染商店买了洗洁精和消毒剂。
You must cleanse your heart and soul.
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