repel

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re·pel /rɪˈpel/ verb (repelled, repelling)

1 [transitiveT]AVOID if something repels you, it is so unpleasant that you do not want to be near it, or it makes you feel ill 使厭惡，使反感 → repulsive

The smell repelled him.

這氣味讓他反感。

2 [transitiveT]PM to make someone who is attacking you go away, by fighting them 擊退；驅逐

The army was ready to repel an attack.

軍隊已準備好擊退進攻。

3 [transitiveT]PREVENT to keep something or someone away from you 驅除

a lotion that repels mosquitoes

驅蚊液

4 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] technicalTEEHP if two things repel each other, they push each other away with an electrical force 排斥 OPP attract

Two positive charges repel each other.

兩個正電荷相互排斥。

Examples from the Corpus

repel• Theirs had been one of those childless, self-absorbing marriages which unconsciously repel attempts at intimacy.• Use cedar or citronella candles to repel biting insects.• Her heavy make-up and cheap perfume repelled him.• I felt polluted, tainted, defiled, unworthy of anyone except Karen, who repelled me.• But this is precisely the kind of war least suited to either deterring or repelling regional aggressions.• Guerrilla fighters were soon able to repel the army's attack.• After repelling the wiles of Tufnell, Wright and Jones ensured that three figures were raised by the close.• Rather than misdirecting attacks, they repel them altogether, as we shall see in the next chapter.• Farmers can make good use of some land while other areas nearby are less attractive, or even repel them.

Origin repel

(1400-1500) Latin repellere, from pellere “to drive”

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