单词	repel
释义	repelre‧pel /rɪˈpel/ verb (past tense and past participle repelled, present participle repelling) Word Origin WORD ORIGINrepel Origin: 1400-1500 Latin repellere, from pellere ‘to drive’ Verb Table VERB TABLE repel Simple Form Present I, you, we, they repel he, she, it repels Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they repelled Present perfect I, you, we, they have repelled he, she, it has repelled Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had repelled Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will repel Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have repelled Continuous Form Present I am repelling he, she, it is repelling you, we, they are repelling Past I, he, she, it was repelling you, we, they were repelling Present perfect I, you, we, they have been repelling he, she, it has been repelling Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been repelling Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be repelling Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been repelling Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Guerrilla fighters were soon able to repel the army's attack. Her heavy make-up and cheap perfume repelled him. Use cedar or citronella candles to repel biting insects. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS After repelling the wiles of Tufnell, Wright and Jones ensured that three figures were raised by the close. But this is precisely the kind of war least suited to either deterring or repelling regional aggressions. Farmers can make good use of some land while other areas nearby are less attractive, or even repel them. I felt polluted, tainted, defiled, unworthy of anyone except Karen, who repelled me. Rather than misdirecting attacks, they repel them altogether, as we shall see in the next chapter. Theirs had been one of those childless, self-absorbing marriages which unconsciously repel attempts at intimacy. word sets WORD SETS► Electricity ammeter, nounamp, nounanode, nounblow, verbcathode, nouncircuit, nouncontact, nouncurrent, noundiode, noundirect current, noundischarge, noundynamo, nounelectricity, nounelectro-, prefixelectromagnet, nounelectromagnetic, adjectiveelectromagnetism, nounflat, adjectiveflex, nounimpulse, nounincandescent, adjectiveinduction, nounJ, kilowatt, nounkW, LED, nounlight-emitting diode, nounmagnetic, adjectivemagnetic field, nounmagnetic tape, nounmagnetism, nounmagnetize, verbohm, nounoscillate, verboscillator, nounoverload, verbplasma, nounpolarity, nounpole, nounpositive, adjectivepotential, nounradio wave, nounrepel, verbrepulsion, nounresistance, nounresistor, nounsemiconductor, nounshock, nounsolid-state, adjectivestatic, nounstatic electricity, nounsubatomic, adjectivesubstation, nounsuperconductivity, nounsuperconductor, nountransmission, nountransmit, verbvoltmeter, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB► attract · She seems most intrigued by the situation, attracted and repelled at the same time. 1[transitive] if something repels you, it is so unpleasant that you do not want to be near it, or it makes you feel ill → repulsive:  The smell repelled him.2[transitive] to make someone who is attacking you go away, by fighting them:  The army was ready to repel an attack.3[transitive] to keep something or someone away from you:  a lotion that repels mosquitoes4[intransitive, transitive] technical if two things repel each other, they push each other away with an electrical force OPP  attract:  Two positive charges repel each other.
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