vt.

1. 击退；驱除
   A country must have the will to repel any invader.

   一个国家得有决心击退任何入侵者。

2. 拒绝；排斥；抵制
   We can repel bad thoughts.

   我们能够摒弃邪念。

3. 抗，防
4. 使厌恶，使反感
   Any deformity frightened and repelled her.

   任何畸形都使她害怕和反感。

vi.

1. 使人厌恶，使人反感
2. 相互排斥；抵抗
   Opposite poles attract, like poles repel.

   相反两个磁极互相吸引，相同两个磁极则互相排斥。

v.

1. drive or force back or away.
   ▸(of a magnetic pole or electric field) force (something similarly magnetized or charged) away.
2. be repulsive or distasteful to.
3. formal refuse to accept; reject.
4. (of a substance) resist mixing with or be impervious to.