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 purity ['pjʊrətɪ]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 纯净, 纯正, 纯粹

[化] 纯度

[医] 纯度




    purity
    [ noun ]
    1. being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material

    2. <noun.state>
    3. the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil

    4. <noun.state>
    5. a woman's virtue or chastity

    6. <noun.attribute>


    Purity \Pu"ri*ty\, n. [OE. purete, purte, OF. purt['e], F.
    puret['e], from L. puritas, fr. purus pure. See {Pure}.]
    The condition of being pure. Specifically:
    (a) freedom from foreign admixture or deleterious matter; as,
    the purity of water, of wine, of drugs, of metals.
    (b) Cleanness; freedom from foulness or dirt. ``The purity of
    a linen vesture.'' --Holyday.
    (c) Freedom from guilt or the defilement of sin; innocence;
    chastity; as, purity of heart or of life.
    (d) Freedom from any sinister or improper motives or views.
    (e) Freedom from foreign idioms, or from barbarous or
    improper words or phrases; as, purity of style.

    1. As you listen to the self-righteous sermonising of the religious and the 'purity league' members, it serves as a forceful reminder of how many would still like to drag us back into that cesspit of ignorance today.
    2. Police have said analysis of the uranium seized earlier showed it was refined natural uranium of 70.7 percent purity.
    3. The president deemed the cubic entry an effort "to unite technical prowess with purity of form." But in emphasizing form over function, the developers have drawn fire for what many see as more of an oddity than an artistic endeavor.
    4. White rice cakes and sake, a rice wine, are symbols of purity, often used as offerings in Shinto and Buddhist ceremonies. Japan's roots in rice farming are also given as a reason for its cultural differences with the west.
    5. To counter this, the party has increased efforts to impose ideological purity on campus.
    6. That explains his conversion to multi-racialism: the alternative was too ghastly to contemplate. Last week the president urged the voters of Potchefstroom to put aside their preference for racial purity and vote for the policy they thought would work.
    7. The Copar pumice is the remnant of a volcanic explosion 150,000 years ago and is considered valuable because of its large-sized chunks, its purity and its proximity to the highway.
    8. Garbage and other debris does not decay in the cold and becomes a threat to the purity of the wilderness and its wildlife, he said.
    9. Of course, self-formulated DDC is not subject to the purity and safety checks conducted by Roche.
    10. They drew inspiration from English painters and music for a style marked by "poise, purity, (and) freshness," the Royal Ballet statement said.
    11. This can at least claim textual purity and also allowed students of the London Contemporary Dance School to present the seldom-heard ballet. The alliance is a worthwhile one (think of the other rare operas on which the schools could combine).
    12. Flowers have been part of Mother's Day since Miss Jarvis sent 500 white carnations, chosen to represent purity, to Grafton for the first celebration.
    13. With the current emphasis on ideological purity, socialist justifications for using capitalist tools may become harder to defend.
    14. Then, the exquisite purity of her Kirov training, made the dance seem so fresh, so pure, that one might have been seeing the ballet and hearing the music for the first time.
    15. BFGoodrich Co. has agreed in principle to acquire Arrowhead Industrial Water, which provides high purity water equipment to industries, BFGoodrich said Tuesday.
    16. It lacks the subtleties of whisky and the bourgeois splendour of brandy but, in its craggy purity, it stands on a peak of its own.
    17. The Sea of Galilee, a main source of drinking water, was being checked several times a day for purity, the radio said.
    18. By 1988, the cost of a gram at 6 percent to 8 percent purity was as low as $90.
    19. "This little boy was sacrificed for his own parents' intellectual purity," he said.
    20. Because of their relative purity they may be able to attain superconductivity at higher temperatures than other materials, he said.
    21. They're willing to spend more money for the details." Another trend that has hit Japan and soon will arrive in the United States is "gourmet" ice - ice up to 10,000 years old that is chipped from Alaskan ice floes and is valued for its purity.
    22. The government claims that such measures distort the perfect market and other nations should follow our example of theoretical purity.
    23. The curtains parted, and there was a triptych with Romeo, Friar Lawrence and Juliet - our first sight of Ulanova, who was to seem that night a genius of the dance in her purity and expressive truth.
    24. Their first album came out in 1972; the first they produced themselves was 1980's "Voices." That album "is the standard we judge ourselves from," Hall said. "It's similar to this album in its purity and simplicity.
    25. But the packager of generic drugs used by cancer, heart attack and AIDS patients contends that "absolutely no product was ever shipped to customers that failed to meet relevant standards of potency, quality and purity."
    26. The situation is fanning fears that regulators aren't totally prepared to ensure the purity of commodities entering the food chain.
    27. At the street level, there has been a slight decrease in purity, but officials attribute that also to a perception of a shortage rather than an actual one.
    28. In the meantime, Green Seal is sparring with Green Cross over its environmental purity.
    29. And she raised a ruckus when she suggested that a childless Japanese couple adopt a Korean baby, a heretical notion in a nation that prides itself on racial "purity."
    30. His goal, he says, hasn't ever been the elusive one of "tax purity" but of getting things done and writing new law.
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