Repel



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 击退; 使...反感
• ［英］ v. 击退 ( fight against; resist) , 使...反感 ( to cause aversion)
• ［记］ re ( 反) +pel ( 推) -> 反推 -> 击退

Webster Collegiate

verb (repelled; repelling)

• Etymology: Middle English repellen, from Middle French repeller, from Latin repellere, from re- + pellere to drive — more at felt
• Date: 15th century
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to drive back ; repulse
    • b. to fight against ; resist
  • 2. turn away, reject <repelled the insinuation>
  • 3.
    • a. to drive away ; discourage <foul words and frowns must not repel a lover — Shakespeare>
    • b. to be incapable of adhering to, mixing with, taking up, or holding
    • c. to force away or apart or tend to do so by mutual action at a distance
  • 4. to cause aversion in ; disgust
• intransitive verb
  • to cause aversion
• ? repeller noun

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