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Repel V Convince Drive Ri'pel V.击退,使…反感 英 击退(Fight

单词 repel
音标 [ri'pel]
解释 v.击退,使…反感
红宝书 【英】 v. 击退(fight against; resist),使…反感(to cause aversion)
【考】 cogent : convince / repugnant : repel(使人信服的让人信服 /讨厌的使人反感)反义词:court(追求) -repel intentionally(有意 使反感); entrancing(使人入神的)
【记】 re(反)+pel(推)→反 推→击退
【例】 The soldiers repelled the enemies.
字源 repel (v.)
early 15c., "to drive away, remove," from Old French repeller or directly from Latin repellere "to drive back," from re- "back" (see re-) + pellere "to drive, strike" (see pulse (n.1)). Meaning "to affect (a person) with distaste or aversion" is from 1817. Related: Repelled; repelling.
不择手段背单词 v. 击退; 使...反感
【记】re反, pel推-反推-击退; 反感
【类】cogent: convince = repugnant: repel使人信服的让人信服 = 讨厌的使人反感
【反】court(v 向...献慇懃)-repel intentionally(有意使反感)
趣味全助记 【记】re 回 + pel 推,向回推,推回→击退
【相关】compel (一起推)强迫,dispel (向四周推) 驱散, expel(向外推 推出)驱逐,开除,排出, impel推动,propel(向前推)推进,驱使, repel (反推) 击退,抵制

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