One was to bring down the fever, another a purgative, the third to overcome an acid condition.

一种是退烧药，一种是止泻药，还有一种是抗酸药。

Aristotle, as every one knows, saw in pity a sickly and dangerous state of mind, the remedy for which was an occasional purgative: he regarded tragedy as that purgative.

众所周知，亚里士多德在怜悯中看到了一种病态和危险的精神状态， 偶尔的泻药是一种补救措施：他认为悲剧作为泻药。

There was an aspect of it which he sometimes enjoyed, an excitement, a purgative effect upon sluggish emotions, but he was far from fond of risking his life.

他有时会喜欢其中的一个方面，一种兴奋，一种对迟钝情绪的泻药，但他绝不喜欢冒生命危险。