early 15c., "to drive away, remove," from Old French repeller or directly from Latin repellere "to drive back," from re- "back" (see re-) + pellere "to drive, strike" (see pulse (n.1)). Meaning "to affect (a person) with distaste or aversion" is from 1817. Related: Repelled; repelling.
雙語例句
1. Like poles repel, unlike poles attract.
同極相斥，異極相吸。
來自柯林斯例句
2. They prepared to repel the invaders.
他們準(zhǔn)備趕走侵略軍。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
3. Two like electric charges repel each other.
同性的電荷互相排斥.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
4. As these electrons are negatively charged they will attempt to repel each other.
因?yàn)檫@些電子都帶負(fù)電，它們將會(huì)互相排斥。
來自柯林斯例句
5. We derive the important law: opposite charges attract , like charges repel.