repel
verb- [transitive] repel somebody/something (formal)
to successfully fight somebody 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渗透企图。 - (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。
- [transitive] repel something
to drive, push or keep something away 推开;赶走;驱除 - [transitive] repel somebody
(not used in the progressive tenses )不用于进行时 to make somebody feel horror or disgust synonym disgust, repulse使恐惧;使厌恶 Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsc2Her heartlessness repelled him. 她的铁石心肠令他反感。 I was repelled by the smell of drink on his breath. 他满口酒气,让我恶心。 She was repelled by his harsh business ethic. 她对他苛刻的商业道德感到厌恶。
- [transitive, intransitive] repel (something) (specialist)
if one thing repels another, or if two things repel each other, an electrical or magnetic force pushes them apart opposite attract排斥;相斥 see also repulsion, repulsive
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin repellere, from re- ‘back’ + pellere ‘to drive’.