v. 击退(推开,防)

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.