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So disgusting or unpleasant that it makes you want to turn away or pull back, used for things that are physically gross, like a repulsive smell, or for behavior and people that are morally disgusting, like repulsive cruelty. It's a strong word, stronger than just 'ugly' or 'unpleasant.'
令人厭惡的、噁心的
組成re- (back) + puls (from a Latin word meaning 'push') + ive — the old idea is something that pushes you back or away.
同家族的字
- pulserepulsive and pulse share the same Latin root about pushing or beating
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
repulsiveadj/ɹɪˈpʌlsɪv/
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Tending to rouse aversion or to repulse; disgusting.
- a repulsive smell
- The problem is to strike a balance between, on the one hand, the harsh poverty which still dominated the lives of most working folk, the repulsive physical environment and the moral void which surrounded so many of them, and, on the other, the undoubted general improvement of their conditions and prospects since the 1840s.
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natural-sciencesphysical-sciencesphysicsHaving the capacity to repel.
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Cold; reserved; forbidding.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。