1610s, of medicines, from Latin catharticus, from Greek kathartikos "fit for cleansing, purgative," from katharsis "purging, cleansing" (see catharsis). General sense is from 1670s. Related: Cathartical.
雙語例句
1. His laughter was cathartic, an animal yelp that brought tears to his eyes.
他哈哈大笑以宣泄情緒，聲音如野獸般尖厲，眼淚都笑出來了。
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2. Ask or call your surgeon before taking a cathartic.
在使用通便藥之前,要向醫(yī)生詢問.
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3. To be taken orally can use as cathartic, stomachic tonic.
內服可用作瀉藥 、 健胃藥等.
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4. Nasser's 1956 triumph endured in Arab memory as a moment of cathartic liberation.
在阿拉伯的記憶里,納賽爾1956年的大勝是凈化解放運動的重要時刻.
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5. Antidote for overdose application: emetic, cathartic, alkalescent foods and beverages.