repel

• vt. 击退；抵制；使厌恶；使不愉快

re-,向后，往回，-pel,击，打，词源同 compel,propel.引申词义击退，驱逐。

1. cause to move back by force or influence;

"repel the enemy"

"push back the urge to smoke"

"beat back the invaders"

2. be repellent to; cause aversion in

3. force or drive back;

"repel the attacker"

"fight off the onslaught"

"rebuff the attack"

4. reject outright and bluntly;

"She snubbed his proposal"

5. fill with distaste;

"This spoilt food disgusts me"

repel

repel: see pulse

repel (v.)

early 15c., "to drive away, remove," from Old French repeller or directly from Latin repellere "to drive back," from re- "back" (see re-) + pellere "to drive, strike" (see pulse (n.1)). Meaning "to affect (a person) with distaste or aversion" is from 1817. Related: Repelled; repelling.

refuse, decline, reject, repel, deny

这些动词均含"拒绝"之意。

refuse： 语气较重，指态度坚决，肯定无疑的拒绝。

decline： 指婉言谢绝他人的帮助或邀请等。

reject： 多指由于某物某事某行为不能让人满意而被当面直截了当地拒绝。

repel： 作"拒绝"解时，语气比reject强。

deny： 指坚决地拒绝接受、给予或承认。

to repel an attack/invasion/invader

击退进攻 / 入侵；驱逐入侵者

牛津词典

Troops repelled an attempt to infiltrate the south of the island.

部队挫败了对该岛南部的渗透企图。

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(figurative)The reptile's prickly skin repels nearly all of its predators.

这种爬行动物浑身是刺，几乎所有的捕食者都退避三舍。

牛津词典

a cream that repels insects

驱除昆虫的乳剂

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The fabric has been treated to repel water.

这种织物进行过防水处理。

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I was repelled by the smell.

这种气味让我恶心。

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Like poles repel each other.

同极相斥。

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They have fifty thousand troops along the border ready to repel any attack.

他们有5万人的部队驻扎在边境，随时准备击退任何进攻。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Like poles repel, unlike poles attract...

同极相斥，异极相吸。

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As these electrons are negatively charged they will attempt to repel each other.

因为这些电子都是带负电荷的，它们会互相排斥。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...a violent excitement that frightened and repelled her.

使她恐惧和厌恶的强烈兴奋感

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With good design windows can trap warmth in winter and repel summer heat.

设计很好的窗户可以在冬季引入热量,在夏季抵挡热量.

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With this axe Ganesha can both strike and repel obstacles.

甘尼萨这把斧头可以打击和抵制障碍.

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Let go at once! You repel me.

马上放开手! 你真叫我恶心.

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They have fifty thousand troops along the border ready to repel any attack.

边境线上埋伏着五万人的军队待命抵抗敌人袭击.

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Can Quick Lime or Goose Dropping Repel Snakes Effectively?

石灰或鹅粪是否具有防蛇的作用?

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Two like electric charges repel each other.

同性的电荷互相排斥.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

General mosquito repel articles a reliable to cause air pollution and are harmful for babies.

一般的驱蚊用品极易造成空气污染,对宝宝不利.

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The Romans thought they had the power to repel ghosts.

罗马人认为豆子有击退鬼魂的能力.

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Spiders and worms repel me.

蜘蛛和蚯蚓使我感到厌恶.

辞典例句

It is believed that they attract good luck and repel misfortune.

据认为,它们吸引好运气,并击退不幸.

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Multiple centroid points repel each other to eliminate the sensing overlapping regions and coverage holes.

众多质心点在虚拟力作用下作扩散运动,逐步消除视频传感器网络中感知重叠区和盲区.

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Any deformity repel her.

任何缺陷都使她厌恶.

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Two negative charges repel each other , and so do two positive charges.

两个负电荷相斥,每个正电荷也是如此.

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In medieval Europe, beans were worn to repel witches.

在中世纪的欧洲, 人们佩戴豆子以驱除巫婆.

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When atoms or molecules get too close they repel with a large repulsion.

当原子或分子靠得太近时,它们以很大的斥力相互排斥.

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