Word · Frequency #19969
repulse
击退；打退
核心释义
To repel or drive back.
- 1.
击退；打退。
To repel or drive back.
- 2.
拒绝；断然回绝。
To reject or rebuff.
- 3.
使厌恶；使反感。
To cause revulsion in; to repel.
拒绝；回绝；使厌恶；使反感；击退；打退。；拒绝；断然回绝。；使厌恶；使反感。
用法In use
The army repulsed the enemy attack with heavy artillery.
用法提示：动词repulse用作'击退'，过去式表示已完成的动作。
She was repulsed by the foul smell coming from the garbage.
用法提示：被动语态repulsed表示'使厌恶'，强调主语受到的影响。
He repulses any offer of help, preferring to do everything himself.
用法提示：一般现在时第三人称单数repulses表示'拒绝'，描述习惯性行为。
repulse sth/sb
The army repulsed the attack.
军队击退了进攻。
repulse sb/sth from sth
常用于物理意义上的击退。
The defenders repulsed the enemy from the city walls.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- repulse an attack
- 击退进攻
- The defenders repulsed the attack.守军击退了进攻。
- repulse someone's advances
- 拒绝某人的追求
- She politely repulsed his advances.她礼貌地拒绝了他的追求。
- be repulsed by something
- 对某事物感到厌恶
- He was repulsed by the sight of blood.他看到血感到厌恶。
- repulse an offer
- 拒绝提议
- They repulsed the offer of a merger.他们拒绝了合并的提议。
近义词
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想 re（回）+ pulse（脉冲）：把对方像脉冲一样弹回去，即“击退”；遭击退的人会尴尬，又引申出“拒绝、使厌恶”。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：军事或战斗场景、社交或职场中的拒绝、心理感受描写 repulse 属于较正式的书面用词，口语中更常用 repel、refuse、disgust 等。在军事或正式文体中可表示“击退”；表示“拒绝”或“使反感”时，多用于书面或文学性语境。
语法说明Grammar Note
及物动词，后接名词或代词作宾语。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Genuine sound matches for the stressed /pʌls/ are pulse, convulse, expulse. Impulse looks identical in its -pulse ending but is stressed on the first syllable, so it does not rhyme. Repulsion and repulsive end in /ʃən/ and /sɪv/, so they are lookalikes with different sounds.
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