strongly laxative in effect 催泻的,通便的 ■(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。
noun
a laxative 泻剂 ■(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。
语源
late Middle English: from Old French purgatif, -ive, from late Latin purgativus, from purgat- 'purified', from the verb purgare (see purge)