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单词 repel
释义 repel
 —repellence, repellency,  n.   —repeller,  n.   —repellingly,  adv.   —repellingness,  n.  
 /ri pel"/,  v.  , repelled, repelling.
  v.t.  
  1. to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
  2. to thrust back or away.
  3. to resist effectively (an attack, onslaught, etc.).
  4. to keep off or out; fail to mix with: Water and oil repel each other.
  5. to resist the absorption or passage of (water or other liquid): This coat repels rain.
  6. to refuse to have to do with; resist involvement in: to repel temptation.
  7. to refuse to accept or admit; reject: to repel a suggestion.
  8. to discourage the advances of (a person): He repelled me with his harshness.
  9. to cause distaste or aversion in: Their untidy appearance repelled us.
  10. 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.
  v.i.  
  11. to act with a force that drives or keeps away something.
  12. to cause distaste or aversion.
 [1350-1400; ME repellen < L repellere to drive back, equiv. to re- RE- + pellere to drive, push; see REPULSE]
 Syn. 1. repulse, parry, ward off. 3. withstand, oppose, rebuff. 7. decline, rebuff.
 Ant. 1. attract.
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