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Repel Repelled Rɪˈpel Magnetic Poles Transitive Army   [V

The word "repel" means to successfully fight an attack and drive the enemy back, to push away or keep something away, or to cause a feeling of disgust.

The word "repel" means to successfully fight an attack and drive the enemy back, to push away or keep something away, or to cause a feeling of disgust.

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[VERB 动词]击退;驱逐 When an army repels an attack, they successfully fight and drive back soldiers from another army who have attacked them.
  [V n]
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • 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。

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[V-RECIP 相互动词](磁极、电荷之间)排斥 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 .
  [pl-n V]
  [V n]
  [TECHNICAL 术语]
  • Like poles repel, unlike poles attract...

    同极相斥,异极相吸。

  • 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。

3
[VERB 动词]使厌恶;使讨厌 If something repels you, you find it horrible and disgusting.
  [V n]
  [no cont]
  • ...a violent excitement that frightened and repelled her.

    使她恐惧和厌恶的强烈兴奋感

repelled
  • She was very striking but in some way I felt repelled.

    她非常引人注目,但我觉得她有些讨厌。


Oxford repel / rɪˈpel ; NAmE rɪˈpel / verb ( -ll- ) 1 [transitive ] repelsb/sth ( formal) to successfully fight sb who is attacking you, your country, etc. and drive them away 击退;驱逐 to repel an attack/invasion/invader 击退进攻╱入侵;驱逐入侵者 Troops repelled an attempt to infiltrate the south of the island. 部队挫败了对该岛南部的潜入企图。 ( figurative) 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。 2 [transitive ] repelsth to drive, push or keep sth away 推开;赶走;驱除 a cream that repels insects 驱除昆虫的乳剂 The fabric has been treated to repel water. 这种织物进行过防水处理。 3 [transitive ] repelsb ( not used in the progressive tenses 不用于进行时 ) to make sb feel horror or disgust 使恐惧;使厌恶 SYN
disgust
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repulse
I was repelled by the smell. 这种气味让我恶心。
4 [transitive ,  intransitive ] repel(sth) ( technical 术语 ) if one thing repelsanother, or if two things repeleach other, an electrical or magneticforce pushes them apart 排斥;相斥 Like poles repel each other. 同极相斥。 OPP
attract
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repulsion
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repulsive
repel repels repelled repelling
repel / rɪˈpel ; NAmE rɪˈpel /
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repelre‧pel /rɪˈpel/ verb (past tense and past participle repelled, present participle repelling)
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1[transitive] if something repels you, it is so unpleasant that you do not want to be near it, or it makes you feel illrepulsive:  The smell repelled him.2[transitive] to make someone who is attacking you go away, by fighting them:  The army was ready to repel an attack.3[transitive] to keep something or someone away from you:  a lotion that repels mosquitoes4[intransitive, transitive] technical if two things repel each other, they push each other away with an electrical force OPP  attract:  Two positive charges repel each other.
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repel

[rɪˈpel]repelled, repelling, repels

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repelled[403] repels[197]
击退(40%),排斥(34%),抵制(17%),使反感(6%),反感(3%)
vt.击退;抵制;使厌恶;使不愉快

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