be repellant to sb
to 后面接产生反感的人或群体，说明令谁厌恶。
His arrogance was repellant to everyone at the table.
他的傲慢让餐桌上的每个人都感到反感。
起驱避作用的；防…的；极具冒犯性；引起厌恶或反感的；用于排斥或趋避的；& n.<主英>=repellent
极具冒犯性；引起厌恶或反感的
highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
用于排斥或趋避的
serving or tending to repel
The smell of the garbage was so repellant that I had to hold my breath.
垃圾的味道如此令人厌恶，我不得不屏住呼吸。
用法提示：repellant作为形容词，表示‘令人厌恶的’，修饰smell。
His rude behavior was repellant to everyone at the party.
他在派对上的粗鲁行为让所有人都感到排斥。
用法提示：repellant作为形容词，表示‘令人排斥的’，修饰behavior。
The idea of eating insects is repellant to most people.
吃昆虫的想法对大多数人来说是令人反感的。
用法提示：repellant作为形容词，表示‘令人反感的’，修饰idea。
to 后面接产生反感的人或群体，说明令谁厌恶。
His arrogance was repellant to everyone at the table.
他的傲慢让餐桌上的每个人都感到反感。
find 后先接宾语，再接 repellant 作宾语补足语，表示觉得某人或某物令人反感。
She found the casual cruelty in his joke repellant.
她觉得他玩笑里那种漫不经心的残忍令人厌恶。
表示“起驱避作用”时用 against 引出被驱避的对象，常见于防虫产品。
This lotion is repellant against mosquitoes.
这种乳液能驱避蚊子。
grammar · medium
易错句子The rotten food is repellant me.
正确表达The rotten food is repellant to me.
repellant 作形容词表示“令人厌恶的”，接感受者时要用介词 to，不能像及物动词那样直接带宾语；因此补上 to。
grammar · medium
易错句子This smell is repellanter than the other one.
正确表达This smell is more repellant than the other one.
repellant 是三音节形容词，比较级用 more 构成，不能加 -er；因此改为 more repellant。
grammar · medium
易错句子He is repellant person.
正确表达He is a repellant person.
repellant 是形容词，修饰单数可数名词 person 时前面需要不定冠词 a；汉语没有冠词，容易漏掉。
repulsive 强调生理上强烈的排斥感、令人想躲开，语气比 repellant 重；repellant 除‘令人反感’外还可指物理上起阻挡、驱避作用的（如驱虫剂），repulsive 没有这一用法。
offensive 多指言语、行为冒犯他人或令人不悦，侧重违反礼貌规范；repellant 更侧重引起本能的厌恶与反感，也可用于物起驱避作用。
propellant 是名词，指火箭或喷雾罐中的推进剂，与 repellant 拼写、读音相近但意义无关；repellant 作形容词表示‘令人反感的’或‘起驱避作用的’。
re-（回、向后）+ pel（推、驱）
re-（回、向后）+ pel（推、驱）+ -ency（名词后缀）
re-（回、向后）+ pel（推、驱）+ -ent（形容词后缀）+ -ly（副词后缀）
water（水）+ repellent（起驱避作用的）
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