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单词 repulsive
释义 re·pul·sive
\rə̇ˈpəlsiv, rēˈp-, -sēv also -səv\ adjective
1. : tending to repel or reject (as by denial or coldness of manner) : having or motivated by an intention to reject (as advances) : cold, forbidding
 < his reserve may be a little repulsive — Jane Austen >
 < her manner became daily colder and more repulsive — Emily Eden >
2. : serving to repulse : able to repel : characterized by repulsion
 < repulsive of his might the weapon stood — Alexander Pope >
 < two bodies endowed with a repulsive power — Tobias Smollett >
 < repulsive force >
3. : repellent to the mind : arousing aversion or disgust : disgusting
 < contracted a repulsive disease — V.G.Heiser >
 < the most repulsive character in recent novels — John Farrelly >
 < the idea … was utterly repulsive to her — J.C.Powys >
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