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 repel [rɪ'pɛl]   添加此单词到默认生词本
vt. 逐退, 抵制, 使厌恶, 抗御

vi. 使厌恶, 相互排斥




    repel
    repelled, repelling


    Repel \Re**pel"\ (r?-p?l"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Repelled}
    (-p?ld"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Repelling}.] [L. repellere,
    repulsum; pref. re- re- + pellere to drive. See {Pulse} a
    beating, and cf. {Repulse}, {Repeal}.]
    1. To drive back; to force to return; to check the advance
    of; to repulse as, to repel an enemy or an assailant.

    Hippomedon repelled the hostile tide. --Pope.

    They repelled each other strongly, and yet attracted
    each other strongly. --Macaulay.

    2. To resist or oppose effectually; as, to repel an assault,
    an encroachment, or an argument.

    [He] gently repelled their entreaties. --Hawthorne.

    Syn: Tu repulse; resist; oppose; reject; refuse.


    Repel \Re*pel"\, v. i.
    To act with force in opposition to force impressed; to
    exercise repulsion.

    1. President Bush ordered U.S. forces to Saudi Arabia to repel a potential Iraqi attack.
    2. "I think something other than magnetic properties is needed to explain" how identically charged particles, which normally repel each other, form couples, said Victor Emery, a physicist at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
    3. Superconductors are materials that conduct electricity without resistance and repel magnetic fields when cooled to very low temperatures.
    4. He said the U.S. units were well-equipped and prepared to repel any Iraqi attack and protect themselves from chemical weapons.
    5. Most analysts, however, called the deal a suitable alternative to the McCaw offer, which LIN has been trying to repel since it was first made in June.
    6. A state judge has struck down a provision of Irving Bank Corp.'s anti-takeover "poison pill" designed to repel Bank of New York Co. in its longstanding effort to acquire the rival bank.
    7. Police escorted them to a nearby building after they ended their event and used chemical Mace to repel some protesters who had charged toward the Klansmen.
    8. Other experiments have raised the possibility of a fifth or even a sixth that either attract or repel objects in contradiction to Newton's theories.
    9. Over-the-counter stocks slid to nearly an 11-week low, as Wall Street's gloom continued to repel both small investors and OTC professionals.
    10. "We must unify all the nation's political forces to build a national unity government to repel these dangers," Shamir said.
    11. Police and National Guardsmen used riot sticks, tear gas, Mace, fire hoses and dogs to repel the attacks.
    12. The company envisions coating neckties with it to repel food stains and spraying walls and light switches to protect against dirty fingers.
    13. The government reported signs that angry citizens were storming army installations, and military leaders pledged to repel any attempts to seize weapons and munitions.
    14. Given recent trends in such cases, the challenges may make it much harder for companies to repel unwanted suitors or favor friendly buyers.
    15. The U.N. Command, led by the United States, was formed in 1950 with 16 foreign countries that rushed troops to help South Korea repel invaders from the North.
    16. Jill Hollander, whose Findley's Fabulous Fudge on Geary Street would be a knish-throw from the pushcart, said the smell of hog dogs outside her place would repel fudge lovers.
    17. Sears could repel raiders, analysts have thought, partly because 14.8% of its shares were held by its employee profit-sharing plan as of last November.
    18. Some experts say it has a part to play in preventing the spread of HIV, while it can also be used to repel organisms that cause barnacles to form on the outside of ships. 'I am keen for the British to exploit neem oil.
    19. Her forces were battalions of believers she inspired to go into battle singing hymns, their chests smeared with oil they believed would repel bullets and armed with stones she said would explode like grenades.
    20. A low-voltage electronic field to repel pigeons has been installed at the fountain, following a two-year, $2.8-million scrubbing project, city art officials said Tuesday.
    21. In dusty fields and stadiums across Panama, civilians turn out by the hundreds for military training to repel what the government says is an imminent U.S. invasion.
    22. They are equally determined to repel African National Congress terrorism inside South Africa.
    23. In both instances, the administration produced a written request from Honduran President Azcona for U.S. support to repel the incursion, and in both cases diplomatic consultations involving military aid had taken place before the written request.
    24. Nor, say officials in Egypt and Jordan, is there any realistic prospect of their sending troops to help Iraq repel the Iranians.
    25. It was Mr. Pownall who led Martin Marietta's almost suicidal fight to repel a takeover attempt by Bendix Corp. in the early 1980s and then boldly restructured in the aftermath of that battle.
    26. I think what happens is you sort of compile little things from everybody." In dusty fields and stadiums across Panama, civilians turn out by the hundreds for military training to repel what the government says is an imminent U.S. invasion.
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