lustrate

• 古语动词，指通过赎罪祭品或仪式性洗礼来净化或使神圣化。

An obsolete verb meaning to purify or cleanse, especially by means of a propitiatory offering or ceremonial washing.

1. Purify by ritualC2formal

   To purify or cleanse something, especially through a religious or ceremonial ritual.

   以仪式净化

   • The priest lustrated the temple with holy water.
   • Ancient cultures would lustrate their homes after a death.
   • The ceremony was performed to lustrate the sacred ground.

   同义词cleanseconsecratehallowpurifysanctify

   反义词contaminatecorruptdefilepolluteprofanetaint

2. Political cleansingC2formalpolitical

   To remove or exclude former officials or collaborators from public office, especially in post-Communist countries.

   政治清洗

   • The new government sought to lustrate former secret police agents.
   • Many countries in Eastern Europe passed laws to lustrate their governments.
   • The process to lustrate corrupt officials took several years.

   同义词cleansepurgepurify