repel

柯林斯詞典

1. V-T When an army repels an attack, they successfully fight and drive back soldiers from another army who have attacked them. 擊退; 打退[正式]
They have fifty thousand troops along the border ready to repel any attack. 他們沿邊界有5萬軍隊(duì)，隨時(shí)準(zhǔn)備擊退任何進(jìn)攻。
2. V-T If something repels you, you find it horrible and disgusting. 使厭惡; 使反感[no cont]
...a violent excitement that frightened and repelled her. …使她害怕和厭惡的一次暴力騷動(dòng)。
3. repelledADJ 厭惡的; 反感的
She was very striking but in some way I felt repelled. 她非常吸引人，但是我覺得有些反感。
4. V-RECIP When a magnetic pole repels another magnetic pole, it gives out a force that pushes the other pole away. You can also say that two magnetic poles repel each other or that they repel. 排斥; (磁極間) 相斥[技術(shù)]