make pure

• 使某物纯净，去除杂质，常用于字面（化学或物理）意义或比喻（道德或精神）意义。

To cleanse, refine, or remove impurities from something, often used in a literal (chemical or physical) or figurative (moral or spiritual) sense.

1. Purify or cleanseB2formal

   To remove impurities, contaminants, or unwanted elements from something.

   提纯

   • The water treatment plant works to make pure the local water supply.
   • Ancient alchemists sought to make pure base metals into gold.
   • The ritual was designed to make pure the soul of the participant.

2. Refine or perfectC1formal

   To improve something by removing flaws or imperfections.

   提炼或完善

   • The editor helped make pure the author's prose.
   • Years of practice helped make pure his technique.
   • The process is used to make pure the chemical compound.