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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It's about the size of the United States, but it has a population of only 16.5 million.
它和美国一般大，但人口却只有一千六百五十万。
It never rains but it pours.
祸不单行。（不鸣则已，一鸣惊人。）
He always talks big.
他总是吹牛。