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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   repulse

   • IPA[rəˈpəls]

   美式

   • v.
     drive back (an attack or attacking enemy) by force；fail to welcome (friendly advances or the person making them); rebuff
   • n.
     the action of driving back an attacking force or of being driven back；a discouraging response to friendly advances

   • verb: repulse, 3rd person present: repulses, gerund or present participle: repulsing, past tense: repulsed, past participle: repulsed

2. • 釋義

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. drive back (an attack or attacking enemy) by force rioters tried to storm ministry buildings but were repulsed by police 同義詞 repel, drive back, drive away, fight back, fight off, ... 更多put to flight, force back, beat off, beat back, push back, thrust back, ward off, hold off, stave off, fend off, foil, check, frustrate, see off, informalsend packing, archaicrebut
   • ▪ fail to welcome (friendly advances or the person making them); rebuff she left, feeling hurt because she had been repulsed 同義詞 rebuff, reject, spurn, snub, disdain, ... 更多give someone the cold shoulder, cold-shoulder, informalgive someone the brush-off, freeze out, stiff-arm, knock back, give someone the bum's rush, give someone the brush, snout, informal, datedgive someone the go-by, reject, turn down, refuse, decline, say no to, informalgive the thumbs down to反義詞 welcome, accept
   • ▪ refuse to accept (an offer) his bid for the company was repulsed
   • 2. cause (someone) to feel intense distaste and aversion audiences at early screenings of the film were repulsed by its brutality 同義詞 revolt, disgust, repel, sicken, nauseate, ... 更多make someone feel sick, turn someone's stomach, be repulsive to, be extremely distasteful to, make shudder, be repugnant to, make someone's flesh creep, make someone's skin crawl, make someone's gorge rise, offend, horrify, informalturn off, give someone the creeps, make someone want to throw up, gross out反義詞 delight

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. the action of driving back an attacking force or of being driven back the repulse of the invaders 同義詞 repelling, driving back, putting to flight, warding off, holding off, ... 更多defeat, check, foiling, frustration, rarerepulsion
   • ▪ a discouraging response to friendly advances his evasion of her plan had been another repulse 同義詞 rebuff, rejection, snub, slight, repudiation, ... 更多spurning, cold-shouldering, discouragement, informalbrush-off, knock-back, kick in the teeth, slap/smack in the face, smack in the eye
3. • 更多解釋

   repulse

   • IPA[rɪˈpʌls]

   英式

   • v.
     drive back (an attack or attacker) by force: rioters tried to storm the Ministry but were repulsed by police
   • n.
     the action of driving back an attack or of being driven back: the repulse of the invaders

   Oxford Dictionary