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，隨時準備擊退任何進攻。
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。
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]
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repel /r??p?l/ (repelling,repelled,repels)
劍橋詞典
repel verb [T] (FORCE AWAY)
to force something or someone to move away or stop attacking you
敺逐；逐廻；擊退；抗禦
This coat has a special surface that repels moisture . 這件外套麪料特殊，可以防潮。
formal The defenders repelled the attack without losing any men. 守軍擊退了敵人的進攻，自己沒有損失一個人。
physics specialized
to have a magnetic field that pushes away something with a similar magnetic field
排斥；相斥
Similar poles of magnets repel each other, and opposite poles attract . 磁鉄同極相斥，異極相吸。
repel verb [T] (CAUSE STRONG DISLIKE)
People or things that repel you make you feel strongly that you do not want to be near, see , or think about them
使厭惡；使極反感
She was repelled by his ugliness. 她厭惡他那醜陋的相貌。
Her arrogance repels many people . 她的傲慢令很多人十分反感。 返回 repel