| 词汇 | repulse |
| 释义 | repulseWord family nounrepulsionrepulsivenessadjectiverepulsiveadverbrepulsivelyverbrepulse Defence re·pulse /rɪˈpʌls/ verb [transitiveT] formal 1 UNPLEASANTif something or someone repulses you, you think that they are extremely unpleasant 使厌恶，使反感 SYN disgust The very thought of his cold clammy hands repulsed me. 一想到他那双冷冰冰、黏糊糊的手，我就感到恶心。 2 PMDto fight someone and successfully stop their attack on you 击退；驱逐 Government troops repulsed an attack by rebel forces. 政府军击退了叛军的攻击。 3. to refuse an offer of friendship or help in a way that is rude 〔无礼地〕拒绝〔友谊或帮助〕 —repulse noun [singular] Examples from the Corpus repulse• A disorganized attack was mounted and repulsed.• On 21 January the Communists numbering up to 3000 made another assault on the Secretariat and were again repulsed.• Instead he was extremely magnanimous towards Anna which irritated her further, and made her repulsed by everything to do with him.• What scars deformed him, so that even you, who stand for him in the courtroom, are repulsed by him?• He was repulsed by the scramble of images in her mind. (1500-1600) Latin past participle of repellere; → REPEL |
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