repulse

verb

1. 使厌恶；使反感
   to make sb feel disgust or strong dislike
   1. I was repulsed by the horrible smell.
      这种可怕的气味让我恶心。
2. 击退；打垮；驱逐
   to fight sb who is attacking you and drive them away
   1. to repulse an attack/invasion/offensive
      击退一次进攻 / 入侵 / 攻势
3. 拒绝接受；回绝
   to refuse to accept sb's help, attempts to be friendly, etc.
   1. Each time I tried to help I was repulsed.
      每次我想要帮忙都遭到了拒绝。
   2. She repulsed his advances.
      她拒绝了他的追求。

1. VERB 使憎恶;使反感
   If you are repulsed by something, you think that it is horrible and disgusting and you want to avoid it.
   1. Evil has charisma. Though people are repulsed by it, they also are drawn to its power.
      邪恶具有吸引力。虽然人们憎恶它，但还是被它的力量所吸引。
2. VERB 击退
   If an army or other group repulses a group of people, they drive it back using force.
   1. The armed forces were prepared to repulse any attacks.
      武装部队已作好击退任何进攻的准备。

1. Evil has charisma. Though people are repulsed by it, they also are drawn to its power.
   邪恶具有吸引力。虽然人们憎恶它，但还是被它的力量所吸引。
2. The armed forces were prepared to repulse any attacks.
   武装部队已作好击退任何进攻的准备。
3. The enemy met with a repulse.
   敌人被击退了。
4. Do not, for one repulse, give up the purpose that you resolved to effect.
   不要只因一次失败，就放弃你原来决心想达到的目的。
5. Would you like John, or Mary, to go with you to Repulse Bay?
   这一句不能译作：“你喜欢约翰陪你去还是玛丽陪你去浅水湾？”如要表达此意，应该说。
6. Hong Kong Island has several, including Big Wave Bay in Shek O or the beach at tony Repulse Bay, but they do get crowded on weekends.
   香港岛上有几个，包括石澳的大浪湾或托尼浅水湾的海滩，但是在周末他们确实很拥挤。
7. Unless we repulse the enemy's attacks and defeat him, even places held by the guerrillas will come under enemy control, and then it will be impossible to establish base areas.
   就是游击战争控制的地方，如果不粉碎敌人的进攻，不战胜敌人，自己控制的地方就要变成敌人控制的地方，也无从建立根据地。
8. For just as love is my weapon to open the hearts of men, love is also my shield to repulse the arrows of hate and the spears of anger.
   爱是我打开人们心扉的钥匙，也是我抵挡仇恨之箭与愤怒之矛的盾牌。
9. Repulse kindness, sympathy, assistance, etc.
   拒绝接受好意、同情、帮助等。
10. We're not compatible& he likes all the things that repulse me.
    我们合不来&他喜欢一切令我反感的事物。
11. The city garrison must be prepared to repulse attacks.
    现在必须巩固要塞，囤积兵力来阻挡敌人的进攻。
12. Due to its proximity to the city, Repulse Bay is one of the most popular beaches in Hong kong.
    由于接近市区，浅水湾是香港最多人到的海滩。
13. Second, it reduces the water's surface tension, which, in turn, reduces the water's ability to repulse oil.
    化剂降低水的表面张力，从而降低了水排斥油的能力。
14. Tactical counter-offensives, such as our repulse of the enemy's "mopping-up" campaigns in southeastern Shansi, are not only possible but absolutely necessary.
    战役上的反攻，例如对付敌人在晋东南的军事“扫荡”，我们把他打退，这样的战役反攻不但会有，而且是必不可少的。
15. Her request for a donation met with a repulse.
    她要求赞助却遭到粗暴拒绝。
16. In both cases, the attractive gravity of a satellite appears to repulse ring material. Mars and Venus are planets of the sun.
    无论如何，卫星的引力竟好似在推开行星环中的物质。火星和金星是环绕太阳的两个行星。
17. Even though there are those under heaven who excel at commanding armies, no one will be able to repulse an army whose general does the above.
    能这样去指挥军队，纵然天下有善于用兵的人，也是不能抗拒他的。
18. Do not, for one repulse, give up the purpose that you resolved to effect. ( William Shakespeare, British dramatist)
    不要只因一次失败，就放弃你原来决心想达到的目。（英国剧作家莎士比亚.W。）
19. Do not one repulse forgo the purpose that you resolved to effort!
    不要因为一次挫败就放弃你原来的决心向达到的目的！
20. On 10 December Japanese aircraft sank the British battleships Repulse and Prince of Wales.
    在12月10日，日本飞机击沉了英国的战舰击退号和威尔士亲王号。
21. At this stage we shall still have to repulse a certain number of offensive campaigns the enemy may launch at the front.
    在这个时期内，还要打退正面敌人一些可能的战役进攻。
22. When dealing with specific problems, we must resolutely defend the ground the masses have already gained and repulse any retaliation by landlords and rich peasants.
    在处理具体问题的时候，必须坚决保护群众已经得到的果实，击退可能发生的地富反攻。
23. No 1 Repulse Bay Road is the residence of Stanley Ho, the gambling king of Macao, and the house reflects both the wealth and 1970s aesthetic sensibilities of its occupant, according to one person who has visited.
    浅水湾道1号是澳门赌王何鸿燊（StanleyHo）的住宅。一位参观过该住宅的人说，这座住宅不仅反映了其主人的财富，也反映了他属于上世纪70年代的审美情趣。
24. Perhaps, the red door will repulse tenants of the respectable variety.
    这扇大红色的门也可能使那些出身正经家庭的人不敢向我租房子。
25. With a spirit ill fitted to sustain such proof, trembling and feeble through its tenderness, I have everywhere sought sympathy, and have found only repulse and disappointment.
    带着无法承受这种现实的情绪，在温柔的颤栗和虚弱中，我在海角天涯寻觅知音，而得到的却只是憎恨与失望。
26. Referred to irreverently by some as Nina's tomb, the property at 129 Repulse Bay road has lain dormant and empty since its completion by Chinachem almost seven years ago.
    位于浅水湾道129号的这处地产被某些人戏谑为如心之墓，自近7年前由华懋集团建成以来，它一直处于空置状态。
27. Do I repulse you with my queasy smile?
    我的微笑让你想吐吗？
28. But if we have to repulse them, and the daggers once get drawn among such throngs of people, we are likely to have the place burnt down before nightfall.
    但是如果我们非得挫败他们，等到他们在人群中拔出刀子，我们可能在天黑之前就得焚毁那个地方。
29. Khadgar knew he did not have the power to repulse all of them.
    卡德加知道自己没有能力把它们全部放倒。
30. Russia lowered the threshold of using nuclear weapons that it could use nuclear weapon to repulse the enemy when its conventional forces failed to do so in a regional war.
    降低了核武的使用原则可以使俄罗斯常规部队在局部战争中未能击退入侵敌人的时候也可以使用核武来击退敌人。

noun

1. an instance of driving away or warding off

   Synonym:    rebuffsnub

verb

1. force or drive back
   1. repel the attacker
   2. fight off the onslaught
   3. rebuff the attack

   Synonym:    repelfight offrebuffdrive back

2. cause to move back by force or influence
   1. repel the enemy
   2. push back the urge to smoke
   3. beat back the invaders

   Synonym:    repeldriveforce backpush backbeat back

3. be repellent to

   Synonym:    repel