Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense repels, present participle repelling, past tense, past participle repelled
1VERB 击退;驱逐 When an army repels an attack, they successfully fight and drive back soldiers from another army who have attacked them. 击退;驱逐 [formal]
They have fifty thousand troops along the border ready to repel any attack. [VERB noun]
他们有5万人的部队驻扎在边境,随时准备击退任何进攻。
2V-RECIP (磁极、电荷之间)排斥 When a magnetic pole repels another magnetic pole, it gives out a force that pushes the other pole away. You can also say that two magnetic poles repel each other or that they repel . (磁极、电荷之间)排斥 [technical]
Like poles repel, unlike poles attract. [VERB]
同极相斥,异极相吸。
As these electrons are negatively charged they will attempt to repel each other. [VERB noun]
因为这些电子都是带负电荷的,它们会互相排斥。
3VERB [no cont]使厌恶;使讨厌 If something repels you, you find it horrible and disgusting. 使厌恶;使讨厌
...a violent excitement that frightened and repelled her. [VERB noun]