Repulse
[ ri'pʌls ]
第4级
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vt. 击退;驳斥;拒绝;
n. 击败;
📝 例句
The enemy met with a repulse.
敌人被击退了。
He was repulsed by what he saw.
他对自己所见的感到厌恶。
meet with [suffer] a repulse
被击退[拒绝]
The long repulse, at first restrained and secret, was at last opened.
多年来，原来被他克制着的、暗藏的愤恨终于揭开了。
repulse the enemy [an attack]
击退敌人[攻击]
🌱 联想助记
【记】re-前缀“一再”,pulse-脉搏:苍蝇一再在脉搏上狂跳,让人恶心
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
🔤 词根
-pul-表示“推”
常见变体有-pel-
📖 牛津释义
repulse
v[Tn]
(fml 文)
1 drive back (an attacker or an attack) by fighting; repel 击退（进攻者或进攻）; 驱逐.
2 (fig 比喻)
(a) refuse to accept (an offer, help, etc); reject 拒绝接受（提议、 帮助等）; 回绝
repulse kindness, sympathy, assistance, etc 拒绝接受好意、 同情、 帮助等
She repulsed his advances. 他向她求爱, 她拒绝了.
(b) discourage (sb making an offer, wanting to help, etc) by being rude or unfriendly; rebuff （粗暴或无礼地）顶回（提议者、 想要给予帮助者等）; 冷落. Cf 参看 repel 1, 2. repulse, n [sing]
1 defeat of an attack by fighting 击退.
2 (fig 比喻) rude or unfriendly rejection of an offer, etc; rebuff （对提议等, 粗暴或无礼的）拒绝; 回绝; 冷落
Her request for a donation met with a repulse. 她要求赞助却遭到粗暴拒绝.
🔁 扩展释义
*[ri'pʌls]n. 击退, 拒绝vt. 厌恶, 击退, 拒绝
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📖 同为「GRE」词汇
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What's up?
有什么事？
How often did I tell you to speak clearly?
我告诉你多少次要讲清楚?
Young men who have reason to fear that they will be killed in battle may justifiably feel bitter in the thought that they have cheated of the best things that life has to offer.
有理由害怕自己会死在战场上的年轻人，想到自己被剥夺了生活所能给予的最美好的东西时，感到痛苦，这是可以理解的。