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repugn

/ri-pyoon/US // rɪˈpyun //UK // (rɪˈpjuːn) //

厌恶,排斥,拒不承认,拒不接受

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to oppose or refute.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : Archaic. to resist.

Examples

  • The Gospel appeared to repugn this proposition—'let them both grow unto the harvest.'

  • Our mother and Louisa repugn at the idea of an Irish girl; and there are scarcely any others to be heard of.