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
BNC.19969 / COCA.18145
牛津词典
verb
- 使厌恶；使反感
to make sb feel disgust or strong dislike- I was repulsed by the horrible smell.
这种可怕的气味让我恶心。
- I was repulsed by the horrible smell.
- 击退；打垮；驱逐
to fight sb who is attacking you and drive them away- to repulse an attack/invasion/offensive
击退一次进攻 / 入侵 / 攻势
- to repulse an attack/invasion/offensive
- 拒绝接受；回绝
to refuse to accept sb's help, attempts to be friendly, etc.- Each time I tried to help I was repulsed.
每次我想要帮忙都遭到了拒绝。 - She repulsed his advances.
她拒绝了他的追求。
- Each time I tried to help I was repulsed.
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.- 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。
- Evil has charisma. Though people are repulsed by it, they also are drawn to its power.
- VERB 击退
If an army or other grouprepulsesa group of people, they drive it back using force.- 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。
- The armed forces were prepared to repulse any attacks.
英英释义
noun
verb
- force or drive back
- repel the attacker
- fight off the onslaught
- rebuff the attack
- cause to move back by force or influence
- repel the enemy
- push back the urge to smoke
- beat back the invaders
- be repellent to
双语例句
- Her request for a donation met with a repulse.
她要求赞助却遭到粗暴拒绝。 - Hong Kong Island has several, including Big Wave Bay in Shek O or the beach at tony Repulse Bay, but they do get crowded on weekends.
香港岛上有几个，包括石澳的大浪湾或托尼浅水湾的海滩，但是在周末他们确实很拥挤。 - 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。 - At this stage we shall still have to repulse a certain number of offensive campaigns the enemy may launch at the front.
在这个时期内，还要打退正面敌人一些可能的战役进攻。 - But if we have to repulse them, and the daggers once get drawn among such throngs of people, we are likely to have the place burnt down before nightfall.
但是如果我们非得挫败他们，等到他们在人群中拔出刀子，我们可能在天黑之前就得焚毁那个地方。 - Even though there are those under heaven who excel at commanding armies, no one will be able to repulse an army whose general does the above.
能这样去指挥军队，纵然天下有善于用兵的人，也是不能抗拒他的。 - 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。 - The city garrison must be prepared to repulse attacks.
现在必须巩固要塞，囤积兵力来阻挡敌人的进攻。 - In both cases, the attractive gravity of a satellite appears to repulse ring material. Mars and Venus are planets of the sun.
无论如何，卫星的引力竟好似在推开行星环中的物质。火星和金星是环绕太阳的两个行星。 - We're not compatible& he likes all the things that repulse me.
我们合不来&他喜欢一切令我反感的事物。