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

• 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。
• Do not one repulse forgo the purpose that you resolved to effort!
  不要因为一次挫败就放弃你原来的决心向达到的目的！
• Do I repulse you with my queasy smile?
  我的微笑让你想吐吗？
• 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。
• 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。
• Russia lowered the threshold of using nuclear weapons that it could use nuclear weapon to repulse the enemy when its conventional forces failed to do so in a regional war.
  降低了核武的使用原则可以使俄罗斯常规部队在局部战争中未能击退入侵敌人的时候也可以使用核武来击退敌人。
• Her request for a donation met with a repulse.
  她要求赞助却遭到粗暴拒绝。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。