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repulsion

🇬🇧 UK/rɪˈpʌlʃn/🇺🇸 US/ri'pʌlʃәn/
GREC2

Definitions

n.

A strong feeling of disgust or aversion; the physical force that pushes bodies of like charge apart.

厌恶,反感;(物理)排斥力

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
reagain, back
+
pulspush, drive
+
ionact, process, state
=repulsion

Common Collocations

  • 1.feel repulsion感到厌恶
  • 2.magnetic repulsion磁斥力
  • 3.sense of repulsion厌恶感
  • 4.mutual repulsion相互排斥

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    She felt a deep repulsion toward the corrupt politician's behavior.

  • 2.

    In physics, magnetic repulsion occurs when two like poles are brought together.

  • 3.

    His repulsion at the graphic images was visible on his face.

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