| 单词 | purity |
| 释义 | purity (once / 385 pages) n Something that exhibits purity hasn't been tainted by something morally or physically. Children, fresh snow, and solid gold are all known for their purity. Purity comes from the Latin purus meaning "clean, clear, unmixed, chaste." When you're talking about something that is clean and unmixed, you are talking about something characterized by purity. This can refer to someone's character or intentions. It can also describe an object or element. When you're high in the mountains, far from the city's congestion, the purity of the air is a relief to the lungs. WORD FAMILYpurity: purities+/impure: impurely, impureness, impurer, impurest, impurity/impurity: impurities/pure: impure, purely, pureness, purer, purest, purism, purity/purism: purisms, purist/purist: purists USAGE EXAMPLES“We’re counting on him putting successful people in charge of executing. The execution is more important than the purity.” Los Angeles Times(Nov 30, 2016) Purity of heart and motivation, in the Christian tradition, does matter. Washington Post(Nov 28, 2016) “Nudity and purity, sensuality and innocence, grace and spontaneity — we made contradictions of them,” he said in 1995. New York Times(Nov 28, 2016) 1n being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper pureness impureness, impurity the condition of being impure plainness the state of being unmixed with other material condition, status a state at a particular time 2n the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil Syn|Hypo|Hyper innocence, pureness, sinlessness, whiteness cleanness without moral defects condition, status a state at a particular time 3n a woman's virtue or chastity Syn|Hyper honor, honour, pureness chastity, sexual morality, virtue morality with respect to sexual relations |
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