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re·pulse

I

\\ri-ˈpəls\\ transitive verb
(re·pulsed ; re·puls·ing)1. to drive or beat back :

repel

2. to repel by discourtesy, coldness, or denial
3. to cause repulsion in

II

noun1.

rebuff

,

rejection

2. the action of repelling an attacker : the fact of being repelled

repulse
re·pulse / ri5pQls / verb [VN] (formal)
1. [usually passive] to make sb feel disgust or strong dislike
   使厌恶；使反感
   SYN 

repel

:
   I was repulsed by the horrible smell.
   这种可怕的气味让我恶心。
2. to fight sb who is attacking you and drive them away
   击退；打垮；驱逐
   SYN 

repel

:
   to repulse an attack / invasion / offensive
   击退一次进攻/入侵/攻势
3. to refuse to accept sb's help, attempts to be friendly, etc.
   拒绝接受；回绝
   SYN 

reject

:
   Each time I tried to help I was repulsed.
   每次我想要帮忙都遭到了拒绝。
   She repulsed his advances.
   她拒绝了他的追求。

re·pulse
I. \rə̇ˈpəls, rēˈp- also -lts\ transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Latin repulsus, past participle of repellere to repel — more at
1. : to drive or beat back (as an assault or an enemy) : repel usually by force of arms
 < police charging the plant gates were repulsed at every attempt — American Guide Series: Michigan >
 < repulsed an Indian attack here — American Guide Series: Tennessee >
2. : to repel by discourtesy, coldness, or denial : , ,
 < repulsed every attempt … at conversation — Jane Austen >
 < she had learned to … repulse advances that were disagreeable — Ellen Glasgow >
 < repudiate and repulse any suggestion that we are making a questionable compromise — Sir Winston Churchill >
3. : to cause a feeling of repulsion in :
 < repulsed by the sight of … green flies feeding upon the putrefying flesh of a crocodile — Bernice Matlowsky >
 < repulsed by his own weakness — Carson McCullers >
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: in sense 1, from Latin repulsa, from feminine of repulsus, past participle of repellere; in other senses, from Latin repulsus action of driving back, from repulsus, past participle of repellere
1. : refusal of a request or suit : , ,
 < court repulse from her husband — Thomas Hardy >
 < reap nothing but repulse and hate — John Milton >
2. : the action of repelling (as an assailant or a hostile force) or the fact of being repelled in hostile encounter
3. archaic : the action of forcing or driving back : the state of being forced or driven back — opposed to impulse

 < what a most powerful suction that repulse will create — George Semple >