repulse

詳細解釋：

re.pulse

v.tr.（及物動詞）
re.pulsed,re.puls.ing,re.puls.es
To drive back; repel.
擊退：擊退；驅逐，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
Rejection; refusal.
拒絕；回絕

來源：
Middle English repulsen
中古英文 repulsen
from Latin repellere repuls- * see repel
源自 拉丁語 repellere repuls- *參見 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..
一些評論家堅持認為repulse 一詞應該只用來指.趕走；摒棄，. 如在他粗魯地拒絕了他們的提議 中， 而不套用來表示.使產生反感，.如在他們的虛偽使我產生了反感 中。 然而近來卻越來越傾向於在.使產生反感.的意義上使用repulse 一詞。 這一用法有著為優秀作家所認可的文學先例，而且這一困惑是可以理解的，如果repulse 這一被指責的用法是與 repulsion 以及 repulsive 的無懈可擊的用法相對應的。 然而，想站在安全一邊的作家在其意思是.使產生反感.時，可能只願意使用repel 一詞