repel

vt. 击退；抵制；使厌恶；使不愉快

中文词源

repel 击退，驱逐

re-,向后，往回，-pel,击，打，词源同 compel,propel.引申词义击退，驱逐。

repel: repel: see pulse
repel (v.): early 15c., "to drive away, remove," from Old French repeller or directly from Latin repellere "to drive back," from re- "back" (see re-) + pellere "to drive, strike" (see pulse (n.1)). Meaning "to affect (a person) with distaste or aversion" is from 1817. Related: Repelled; repelling.

1、re- "back" + -pel "drive".2、含义：drive back.4. 把自己往回‐教室外推。

4. As these electrons are negatively charged they will attempt to repel each other.: 因为这些电子都带负电，它们将会互相排斥。

5. We derive the important law: opposite charges attract , like charges repel.: 我们得到的重要定律是: 异电相吸,同电相斥.