repel
- v. 击退
- v. 使厌恶
- Definition
- v. to drive back an attacker
- v. to cause strong dislike
- Example
- This spray helps repel mosquitoes during warm summer evenings outside.
- 这种喷雾有助于在夏日夜晚驱赶蚊子。
Synonyms & Differences 近义词辨析
Compared meaning: to feel or cause disgust (verb).
比较义项：厌恶、使人厌恶（动词）。
- revolt
Revolt is intransitive in this sense: the subject is the person who feels disgust, usually followed by 'at' or 'against'; this everyday use is far less common than revolt meaning 'to rebel'.
在此意义上，revolt是不及物动词，主语是感到厌恶的人，后面常接「at」或「against」；这种用法远不如revolt表示「反抗、起义」时常见。
She revolted at the sight of the rotting meat left on the counter.
看到柜台上放着的腐肉时，她感到十分厌恶。
- repel 本词
Repel is transitive: the subject is the thing or person causing the reaction, and the object is whoever feels the dislike; it never means 'to rebel'.
repel是及物动词，主语是引起反感的事物或人，宾语是感到厌恶的人；它绝不表示「反抗、起义」的意思。
His constant bragging repelled the other guests at the party.
他总是吹嘘自己，让派对上的其他客人感到反感。
Revolt and repel both can mean to feel or cause disgust. Revolt is intransitive: the person feeling disgust is the subject. Repel is transitive: its subject causes disgust in someone else. Revolt's 'rebel' sense and repel's other senses (drive back, repel water) are not compared.
revolt和repel都能表达“厌恶”这个意思，但revolt在这里是不及物动词，指自己感到厌恶，而repel是及物动词，指使别人产生厌恶，两者语法结构相反，不能互换。这里不比较revolt更常见的“反抗、起义”义，也不比较repel“击退（敌人）”或“排斥（水、昆虫等）”的意思。