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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- repel
[rɪˈpel]
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1.
vt.
使后退
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2.
verb
（使）反感，（使）厌恶
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3.
vt.
击退，驱逐
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4.
vt.
直率地拒绝或回绝
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5.
vt.
使恶心，使倒胃口
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6.
verb
排斥，与……不相溶
Collins English-English Dictionary
- repel
[rɪ'pεl]
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1.
vb
[mainly tr]
to force or drive back (something or somebody, esp an attacker)
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2.
vb
[also intr]
to produce a feeling of aversion or distaste in (someone or something); be disgusting (to)
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3.
vb
to push aside; dismiss
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he repelled the suggestion as wrong and impossible
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4.
vb
to be effective in keeping away, controlling, or resisting
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an aerosol spray that repels flies
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5.
vb
to have no affinity for; fail to mix with or absorb
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water and oil repel each other
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6.
vb
to disdain to accept (something); turn away from or spurn
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she repelled his advances
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7.
vb
[also intr]
to exert an opposing force on (something)
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an electric charge repels another charge of the same sign
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8.
vb
[Etymology]
C15: from Latin repellere, from re- + pellere to push, drive
Examples
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to repel advances
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拒绝别人献殷勤
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a coating that repel moisture
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雨衣
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stand by to repel boarders
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同电相斥
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Two like electric charges repel each other.
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同种电荷互相排斥。
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Two like electric charges repel one another.
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驱除蚊蝇
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repel mosquitoes and flies
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同性的电互相排斥。
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Two like electric charges repel each other.
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