名詞 repulse:

1. an instance of driving away or warding off
   同義詞：rebuff, snub

動(dòng)詞 repulse:

1. force or drive back
   同義詞：repel, fight off, rebuff, drive back
2. be repellent to; cause aversion in
   同義詞：repel
3. cause to move back by force or influence
   同義詞：repel, drive, force back, push back, beat back

1. Her request for a donation met with a rude repulse.
   她要求贊助卻遭到粗暴拒絕。
2. She repulsed his proposal.
   她拒絕了他的求婚。
3. I repulsed her kindness.
   我拒絕了她的好意。

re.pulse

v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
re.pulsed,re.puls.ing,re.puls.es
To drive back; repel.
擊退：擊退；驅(qū)逐，趕走
To rebuff or reject with rudeness, coldness, or denial.
回絕，拒絕：斷然拒絕；粗魯、冷漠地拒絕；否定
Usage Problem To cause repugnance or distaste in.
【用法疑難】 使厭惡：使厭惡，使產(chǎn)生反感
n.（名詞）
The act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed.
擊退：擊退的行為或被擊退的狀態(tài)
Rejection; refusal.
拒絕；回絕

來(lái)源：
Middle English repulsen
中古英語(yǔ) repulsen
from Latin repellere repuls- * see repel
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) repellere repuls- *參見(jiàn) repel

【引伸】
repuls.er
n.（名詞）
A number of critics have maintained thatrepulse should only be used to mean .to drive away, spurn,. as inHe rudely repulsed their overtures, and not to mean .to cause repulsion in,.as inTheir hypocrisy repulsed me. In recent years, however, there has been an increasing tendency to userepulse in the sense .cause repulsion in.. Reputable literary precedent exists for this usage,and the confusion is understandable,given that the stigmatized use ofrepulse is parallel to the unexceptionable uses of repulsion and repulsive. Still, writers who want to stay on the safe side may prefer to use onlyrepel when the intended sense is .cause repulsion in..
一些評(píng)論家堅(jiān)持認(rèn)為repulse 一詞應(yīng)該只用來(lái)指.趕走；摒棄，. 如在他粗魯?shù)鼐芙^了他們的提議 中， 而不應(yīng)用來(lái)表示.使產(chǎn)生反感，.如在他們的虛偽使我產(chǎn)生了反感 中。 然而近來(lái)卻越來(lái)越傾向于在.使產(chǎn)生反感.的意義上使用repulse 一詞。 這一用法有著為優(yōu)秀作家所認(rèn)可的文學(xué)先例，而且這一困惑是可以理解的，如果repulse 這一被指責(zé)的用法是與 repulsion 以及 repulsive 的無(wú)懈可擊的用法相對(duì)應(yīng)的。 然而，想站在安全一邊的作家在其意思是.使產(chǎn)生反感.時(shí)，可能只愿意使用repel 一詞