释义
[ ri-pel ] SHOW IPA
/ rɪˈpɛl / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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verb (used with object), re·pelled, re·pel·ling. to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
to thrust back or away.
to resist effectively (an attack, onslaught, etc.).
to keep off or out; fail to mix with: Water and oil repel each other.
to resist the absorption or passage of (water or other liquid): This coat repels rain.
to refuse to have to do with; resist involvement in: to repel temptation.
to refuse to accept or admit; reject: to repel a suggestion.
to discourage the advances of (a person): He repelled me with his harshness.
to cause distaste or aversion in: Their untidy appearance repelled us.
to push back or away by a force, as one body acting upon another (opposed to attract): The north pole of one magnet will repel the north pole of another.
SEE MORE SEE LESS verb (used without object), re·pelled, re·pel·ling. to act with a force that drives or keeps away something.
to cause distaste or aversion.
Origin of repel 1350–1400; Middle English repellen <Latin repellere to drive back, equivalent to re- re- + pellere to drive, push; see repulse
SYNONYMS FOR repel 1 repulse, parry, ward off.
3 withstand, oppose, rebuff.
7 decline, rebuff.
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OTHER WORDS FROM repel re·pel·lence, re·pel·len·cy, noun re·pel·ler, noun re·pel·ling·ly, adverb re·pel·ling·ness, noun
non·re·pel·lence, noun non·re·pel·len·cy, noun non·re·pel·ler, noun self-re·pel·len·cy, noun un·re·pelled, adjective
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So easily without care or trouble may the brunts of malice be declined or repel led.
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British Dictionary definitions for repel verb -pels , -pelling or -pelled (mainly tr) to force or drive back (something or somebody, esp an attacker)
(also intr) to produce a feeling of aversion or distaste in (someone or something); be disgusting (to)
to push aside; dismiss he repelled the suggestion as wrong and impossible
to be effective in keeping away, controlling, or resisting an aerosol spray that repels flies
to have no affinity for; fail to mix with or absorb water and oil repel each other
to disdain to accept (something); turn away from or spurn she repelled his advances
(also intr) to exert an opposing force on (something) an electric charge repels another charge of the same sign
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Derived forms of repel repeller , noun Word Origin for repel C15: from Latin repellere , from re- + pellere to push, drive
undefined repel See repulse
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