• vt. 击退；抵制；使厌恶；使不愉快

re-,向后，往回，-pel,击，打，词源同 compel,propel.引申词义击退，驱逐。

repel

repel: see pulse

repel (v.)

early 15c., "to drive away, remove," from Old French repeller or directly from Latin repellere "to drive back," from re- "back" (see re-) + pellere "to drive, strike" (see pulse (n.1)). Meaning "to affect (a person) with distaste or aversion" is from 1817. Related: Repelled; repelling.

1. Like poles repel, unlike poles attract.

同极相斥，异极相吸。

来自柯林斯例句

2. They prepared to repel the invaders.

他们准备赶走侵略军。

来自《权威词典》

3. Two like electric charges repel each other.

同性的电荷互相排斥.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4. As these electrons are negatively charged they will attempt to repel each other.

因为这些电子都带负电，它们将会互相排斥。

来自柯林斯例句

5. We derive the important law: opposite charges attract , like charges repel.

我们得到的重要定律是: 异电相吸,同电相斥.

来自辞典例句