| 英语单词 | repulsive |
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| 英美音标 | 英 [rɪ'pʌlsɪv] 美 [rɪ'pʌlsɪv] |
| 中文释义 | adj.令人厌恶的;排斥的 |
| 英语例句 | (1) Snakes are repulsive to some people. (2) The interaction becomes repulsive. (3) It is, depending on your point of view, a charming memento of the kissing session or a repulsive and embarrassing bruise. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 蛇令一些人厌恶。 (2) 相互作用成为排斥的了。 (3) 这就靠你自己的观念来判断了,看这到底是一个充满诱惑的吻之纪念品,还是一个令人尴尬排斥的瘀伤。 |
| vocabulary简明 | If something's repulsive, it's so disgusting you don't want to go near it. You may find rotting meat repulsive, but maggots find it delicious. To each its own! |
| vocabulary扩展 | In the early 17th Century, the word repulsive simply meant something that repelled or "pushed away." For example, the like poles of two magnets are repulsive to each other, pushing each other away. Today, repulsive usually means disturbing and sickening. As manners guru Amy Vanderbilt said, "Do not speak of repulsive matters at the table." |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]令人憎恶的;让人厌恶的;使人反感的 If you describe something or someone as repulsive, you mean that they are horrible and disgusting and you want to avoid them.
repulsively
2 [ADJ 形容词]相斥的;排斥的;斥力的 A repulsive force is a force which pushes away what is around it. [usu ADJ n] [TECHNICAL 术语]
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