repel

英 [rɪˈpel]

美 [rɪˈpel]

v.  击退; 驱逐; 推开; 赶走; 驱除; 使恐惧; 使厌恶

过去分词：repelled　过去式：repelled　现在分词：repelling　第三人称单数：repels　

CET6考研TOEFLIELTSGRETEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.11198 / COCA.11198

牛津词典

verb

• 击退；驱逐
  to successfully fight sb who is attacking you, your country, etc. and drive them away
  1. to repel an attack/invasion/invader
     击退进攻 / 入侵；驱逐入侵者
  2. Troops repelled an attempt to infiltrate the south of the island.
     部队挫败了对该岛南部的渗透企图。
  3. The reptile's prickly skin repels nearly all of its predators.
     这种爬行动物浑身是刺，几乎所有的捕食者都退避三舍。
• 推开；赶走；驱除
  to drive, push or keep sth away
  1. a cream that repels insects
     驱除昆虫的乳剂
  2. The fabric has been treated to repel water.
     这种织物进行过防水处理。
• 使恐惧；使厌恶
  to make sb feel horror or disgust
  1. I was repelled by the smell.
     这种气味让我恶心。
• 排斥；相斥
  if one thing repels another, or if two things repel each other, an electrical or magnetic force pushes them apart
  1. Like poles repel each other.
     同极相斥。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 击退;驱逐
  When an armyrepelsan attack, they successfully fight and drive back soldiers from another army who have attacked them.
  1. They have fifty thousand troops along the border ready to repel any attack.
     他们有5万人的部队驻扎在边境，随时准备击退任何进攻。
• V-RECIP (磁极、电荷之间)排斥
  When a magnetic polerepelsanother magnetic pole, it gives out a force that pushes the other pole away. You can also say that two magnetic polesrepeleach other or that theyrepel.
  1. Like poles repel, unlike poles attract...
     同极相斥，异极相吸。
  2. As these electrons are negatively charged they will attempt to repel each other.
     因为这些电子都是带负电荷的，它们会互相排斥。
• VERB 使厌恶;使讨厌
  If somethingrepelsyou, you find it horrible and disgusting.
  1. ...a violent excitement that frightened and repelled her.
     使她恐惧和厌恶的强烈兴奋感

英英释义

verb

• reject outright and bluntly
  1. She snubbed his proposal
  Synonym:rebuffsnub
• force or drive back
  1. repel the attacker
  2. fight off the onslaught
  3. rebuff the attack
  Synonym:repulsefight 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:driverepulseforce backpush backbeat back
• be repellent to
  Synonym:repulse
• fill with distaste
  1. This spoilt food disgusts me
  Synonym:disgustgross outrevolt

双语例句

• If scientists can change its genetic makeup, the mosquito's immune system could repel the organism.
  如果科学家可以改变它的基因组合，这些蚊子的免疫系统可以排斥这些寄生虫。
• The unlike poles of two magnets will attract each other, and like ones will repel each other.
  两个磁铁的不同的极互相吸引，相同的极彼此排斥。
• Spiders and worms repel me.
  蜘蛛和蚯蚓使我感到厌恶。
• Two like electric charges repel each other.
  同性的电荷互相排斥。
• Since electron repel each other, they tend to keep out of each other's way.
  因为电子彼此排斥，它们倾向于彼此回避。
• Only after a long hard struggle were we able to repel the enemy from our shores.
  经过长期的艰苦战斗，我们才把敌人从我们的海岸击退。
• Tending to repel or dissuade.
  趋向于厌恶或劝阻的。
• He knows now we do not have the strength to repel him.
  他知道我们没有力量来抵抗。
• Like poles repel, unlike poles attract
  同极相斥，异极相吸。
• Like chili plants, tarantulas produce agony-inflicting toxins designed to repel would-be predators, researchers say.
  同辣椒类的植物相似，狼蛛也能产生会引起不适反应的毒素来击退潜在的掠食者。