repulsive

英 [r?'p?ls?v] 美[r?'p?ls?v]
  • adj. 排斥的；令人厭惡的；擊退的；冷淡的
暢通詞匯TEM8

詞態(tài)變化

副詞:?repulsively;

助記提示

1、re- "back" + puls- "drive" + -ive.
2、含義：drive back.

英文詞源

repulsive (adj.)
early 15c., "able to repel," from Middle French repulsif (14c.) and directly from Medieval Latin repulsivus, from repuls-, past participle stem of repellere (see repel). The sense of "causing disgust" is first recorded 1816. Related: Repulsively; repulsiveness.

雙語(yǔ)例句

1. The repulsive force within the nucleus is enormous.
核子內(nèi)部的斥力是巨大的。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. What a repulsive man!
這個(gè)人真討厭！

來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》

3. He was utterly repulsive to her.
她對(duì)他極為反感.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

4. She found the idea deeply repulsive.
她發(fā)現(xiàn)這個(gè)想法很惡心.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

5. What a thoroughly repulsive pair they were!
老頭子怎看這一對(duì)兒,怎別扭!

來(lái)自漢英文學(xué) - 駱駝祥子