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repulsion

/ri-puhl-shuhn/US // rɪˈpʌl ʃən //UK // (rɪˈpʌlʃən) //

推斥力,斥力,推力,推斥

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed.
    • : the feeling of being repelled, as by the thought or presence of something; distaste, repugnance, or aversion.
    • : Physics. the force that acts between bodies of like electric charge or magnetic polarity, tending to separate them.

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Examples

  • Such descriptions imply a sort of simultaneous repulsion and attraction.

  • That event unlocked an unprecedented global wave of rage and repulsion.

  • Amino acid chains collapse—or fold—into a structure based on electrochemical rules of attraction and repulsion between molecules.

  • Repulsion by Polanski is one of my real inspirations of several of his films.

  • My dad and Carlos had another thing in common: their repulsion at sentimentality.

  • Better for all of us that it dies a natural death from simple repulsion and lack of interest.

  • Seeing it gave me the same feeling of unease and repulsion I had whenever witnessing self-flagellation.

  • Then anger stirred in him, and quenched the sorrow with which at first he had marked the signs of her repulsion.

  • But there are other laws, the power of repulsion, for instance, whose omission would be equally fatal.

  • Mr. Peck leaned over the corpse, revealing none of the repulsion that Ward was sure he would exhibit.

  • He would have seized her, but a quick, passionate gesture of repulsion kept him back.

  • A shiver of repulsion, for him and his killings, ran over her.