• 中文意義(包含詞性): 動詞 (verb)。
  
  
  1. 擊退；驅逐 (to drive back; repel an attack or enemy)
  
  
  2. 使厭惡；使反感 (to cause intense disgust or revulsion)
  
  
  
  


• KK音標: /rɪˈpʌls/


• 常見度: ★★★☆☆


• 詞根:
  
  
  • re- (回；反)
  
  
  • puls- (推；驅動)


• 中文諧音聯想: 「惹趴死」(rě pā sī) – 惹到它就讓它趴下死，聯想為擊退、驅逐；或讓人厭惡到想讓它消失。


• 相關詞彙聯想: repel (擊退), expulsion (驅逐), impulse (衝動), compulsion (強迫), repulsion (厭惡；反感), disgust (厭惡), reject (拒絕), defeat (擊敗).


• 易於記憶的輔助說明: 「re- (回/反) + puls (推)」= 推回去。想像把不喜歡或入侵的東西推開、擊退，或是推開到讓人感到反感。


• 例句: The sheer brutality of the crime was enough to repulse even the most hardened investigators.
  (這起罪行的殘酷程度足以讓最冷酷的調查員也感到反感。)