| 单词 | repulse |
| 释义 | repulse (once / 609 pages) 1vn 2v To repulse something is to repel it or drive it back. When you repulse your sister, you disgust her. When you repulse the enemy in battle or someone in conversation, you force them back or make them turn away. Repulse is related to the word repel, and they mean similar things: to repulse an advance — romantic or warring — is to repel, or fend off, its advance. To repulse someone by being disgusting is to be repellent. You could repulse a person's attempts at conversation if you repulse him by picking your nose. Repulse is now most frequently used in the gross-out sense, but Jane Austin often had her characters repulse each others’ attempts at conversation or civility. WORD FAMILYrepulse: repulsed, repulses, repulsing, repulsion+/repulsion: repulsions USAGE EXAMPLESIt’s salutary to read just how many visitors were repulsed by the dire poverty and moral turpitude they encountered. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) I quickly grabbed my sheet and flicked it, repulsed that the roach was in my sheet. The New Yorker(Dec 28, 2016) And as much as you or I may be repulsed by it, that type of freedom of political expression should never be abridged. Seattle Times(Nov 30, 2016) 1 1v force or drive back Syn|Hyper drive back, fight off, rebuff, repel defend, fight, fight back, fight down, oppose fight against or resist strongly 2v cause to move back by force or influence Syn|Ant|Hyper beat back, drive, force back, push back, repel drive cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force attract, draw, draw in, pull, pull in direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes draw in, retractpull inward or towards a center curl, curl up, draw inshape one's body into a curl force, push move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner" 3n an instance of driving away or warding off 2Syn|Hyper rebuff, snub rejection the speech act of rejecting v be repellent to; cause aversion in Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper repel appeal, attract be attractive to churn up, disgust, nauseate, revolt, sicken cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of put off, turn offcause to feel intense dislike or distaste appal, appall, offend, outrage, scandalise, scandalize, shockstrike with disgust or revulsion displease give displeasure to |
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