repulse

英 [rɪˈpʌls]

美 [rɪˈpʌls]

v.  使厌恶; 使反感; 击退; 打垮; 驱逐; 拒绝接受; 回绝

过去分词：repulsed　过去式：repulsed　现在分词：repulsing　第三人称单数：repulses　

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BNC.19969 / COCA.18145

牛津词典

verb

• 使厌恶；使反感
  to make sb feel disgust or strong dislike
  1. I was repulsed by the horrible smell.
     这种可怕的气味让我恶心。
• 击退；打垮；驱逐
  to fight sb who is attacking you and drive them away
  1. to repulse an attack/invasion/offensive
     击退一次进攻 / 入侵 / 攻势
• 拒绝接受；回绝
  to refuse to accept sb's help, attempts to be friendly, etc.
  1. Each time I tried to help I was repulsed.
     每次我想要帮忙都遭到了拒绝。
  2. She repulsed his advances.
     她拒绝了他的追求。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使憎恶;使反感
  If youare repulsedby something, you think that it is horrible and disgusting and you want to avoid it.
  1. Evil has charisma. Though people are repulsed by it, they also are drawn to its power.
     邪恶具有吸引力。虽然人们憎恶它，但还是被它的力量所吸引。
• VERB 击退
  If an army or other grouprepulsesa group of people, they drive it back using force.
  1. The armed forces were prepared to repulse any attacks.
     武装部队已作好击退任何进攻的准备。

英英释义

noun

• an instance of driving away or warding off
  Synonym:rebuffsnub

verb

• force or drive back
  1. repel the attacker
  2. fight off the onslaught
  3. rebuff the attack
  Synonym:repelfight offrebuffdrive back
• cause to move back by force or influence
  1. repel the enemy
  2. push back the urge to smoke
  3. beat back the invaders
  Synonym:repeldriveforce backpush backbeat back
• be repellent to
  Synonym:repel

双语例句

• On 10 December Japanese aircraft sank the British battleships Repulse and Prince of Wales.
  在12月10日，日本飞机击沉了英国的战舰击退号和威尔士亲王号。
• Would you like John, or Mary, to go with you to Repulse Bay?
  这一句不能译作：“你喜欢约翰陪你去还是玛丽陪你去浅水湾？”如要表达此意，应该说。
• Tactical counter-offensives, such as our repulse of the enemy's "mopping-up" campaigns in southeastern Shansi, are not only possible but absolutely necessary.
  战役上的反攻，例如对付敌人在晋东南的军事“扫荡”，我们把他打退，这样的战役反攻不但会有，而且是必不可少的。
• Her request for a donation met with a repulse.
  她要求赞助却遭到粗暴拒绝。
• Do not, for one repulse, give up the purpose that you resolved to effect.
  不要只因一次失败，就放弃你原来决心想达到的目的。
• Referred to irreverently by some as Nina's tomb, the property at 129 Repulse Bay road has lain dormant and empty since its completion by Chinachem almost seven years ago.
  位于浅水湾道129号的这处地产被某些人戏谑为如心之墓，自近7年前由华懋集团建成以来，它一直处于空置状态。
• For just as love is my weapon to open the hearts of men, love is also my shield to repulse the arrows of hate and the spears of anger.
  爱是我打开人们心扉的钥匙，也是我抵挡仇恨之箭与愤怒之矛的盾牌。
• With a spirit ill fitted to sustain such proof, trembling and feeble through its tenderness, I have everywhere sought sympathy, and have found only repulse and disappointment.
  带着无法承受这种现实的情绪，在温柔的颤栗和虚弱中，我在海角天涯寻觅知音，而得到的却只是憎恨与失望。
• Second, it reduces the water's surface tension, which, in turn, reduces the water's ability to repulse oil.
  化剂降低水的表面张力，从而降低了水排斥油的能力。
• Perhaps, the red door will repulse tenants of the respectable variety.
  这扇大红色的门也可能使那些出身正经家庭的人不敢向我租房子。