clean, cleanse
这两个单词的拼写非常相近,且都包含动词"净"的意思。
clean: 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。
- 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: 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 one's soul洗涤心灵;to cleanse the heart of sin 洗心革面;ethnic cleansing 种族清洗/灭绝。
- 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.
你必须洗心革面,重新做人。 - cleansed of guilt by atonement,he felt light of heart again.
通过赎罪的方式洗清他的罪行后,他的心变得再次安乐。 - that tribe is facing ethnic cleansing.
那部落正面临种族灭绝的厄运。