repel

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

repel [repel repels repelled repelling] BrE [rɪˈpel] NAmE [rɪˈpel] verb (-ll-)
1. transitive ~ sb/sth (formal)to successfully fight sb who is attacking you, your country, etc. and drive them away
•to repel an attack/invasion/invader
•Troops repelled an attempt to infiltrate the south of the island.
• (figurative)The reptile's prickly skin repels nearly all of its predators.
2. transitive ~ sth to drive, push or keep sth away
•a cream that repels insects
•The fabric has been treated to repel water.
3. transitive ~ sb (not used in the progressive tenses)to make sb feel horror or disgust
Syn: ↑disgust, Syn: ↑repulse
•I was repelled by the smell.
4. transitive, intransitive ~ (sth) (technical)if one thing repels another, or if two things repel each other, an electrical or ↑magnetic force pushes them apart
•Like poles repel each other.
Opp: ↑attract
see also ↑repulsion, ↑repulsive
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin repellere, from re- ‘back’ + pellere ‘to drive’.

Example Bank:
•Her heartlessness repelled him.
•I was repelled by the smell of drink on his breath.
•She was repelled by his harsh business ethic.
•Troops repelled an attempt to invade the south island.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  disgust, gross out, revolt, rebuff, snub, repulse, fight off, drive back, drive, force back, push back, beat back
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  attract, appeal, pull, pull in, draw, draw in