Repulse
[ ri'p?ls ]
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vt. 擊退;駁斥;拒絕;
n. 擊敗;
?? 例句
The enemy met with a repulse.
敵人被擊退了。
He was repulsed by what he saw.
他對自己所見的感到厭惡。
meet with [suffer] a repulse
被擊退[拒絕]
The long repulse, at first restrained and secret, was at last opened.
多年來，原來被他克制著的、暗藏的憤恨終于揭開了。
repulse the enemy [an attack]
擊退敵人[攻擊]
?? 聯想助記
【記】re-前綴“一再”,pulse-脈搏:蒼蠅一再在脈搏上狂跳,讓人惡心
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-pul-表示“推”
常見變體有-pel-
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repulse
v[Tn]
(fml 文)
1 drive back (an attacker or an attack) by fighting; repel 擊退（進攻者或進攻）; 驅逐.
2 (fig 比喻)
(a) refuse to accept (an offer, help, etc); reject 拒絕接受（提議、 幫助等）; 回絕
repulse kindness, sympathy, assistance, etc 拒絕接受好意、 同情、 幫助等
She repulsed his advances. 他向她求愛, 她拒絕了.
(b) discourage (sb making an offer, wanting to help, etc) by being rude or unfriendly; rebuff （粗暴或無禮地）頂回（提議者、 想要給予幫助者等）; 冷落. Cf 參看 repel 1, 2. repulse, n [sing]
1 defeat of an attack by fighting 擊退.
2 (fig 比喻) rude or unfriendly rejection of an offer, etc; rebuff （對提議等, 粗暴或無禮的）拒絕; 回絕; 冷落
Her request for a donation met with a repulse. 她要求贊助卻遭到粗暴拒絕.
?? 擴展釋義
*[ri'p?ls]n. 擊退, 拒絕vt. 厭惡, 擊退, 拒絕
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How about today?
今天怎么樣？
I hope you can accept my offer.
我希望你能接受我的建議。
On weekdays, I get up at 6:30.
我平時六點半起床。