repel

refuse, decline, reject, repel, deny

这些动词均含“拒绝”之意。
refuse: 语气较重，指态度坚决，肯定无疑的拒绝。
decline: 指婉言谢绝他人的帮助或邀请等。
reject: 多指由于某物某事某行为不能让人满意而被当面直截了当地拒绝，与之相近的是spurn，鄙弃之意。
repel: 作“拒绝”解时，语气比reject强。
deny: 指否认（观点）。

动词 repel:

1. cause to move back by force or influence
   同义词：drive, repulse, force back, push back, beat back
2. be repellent to; cause aversion in
   同义词：repulse
3. force or drive back
   同义词：repulse, fight off, rebuff, drive back
4. reject outright and bluntly
   同义词：rebuff, snub
5. fill with distaste
   同义词：disgust, gross out, revolt

1. The crew repelled the attack.
   船员击退了进攻。
2. She was repelled by the dirty room.
   肮脏的房间使她厌恶。

re.pel

v.（动词）
re.pelled,re.pel.ling,re.pels
v.tr.（及物动词）
To ward off or keep away; drive back:
击退：击退或赶回；驱除：
例句：
repel insects.
驱除昆虫

To offer resistance to; fight against:
抵制：抵御；反抗：
例句：
repel an invasion.
抵御侵略

To refuse to accept; reject:
拒绝接受；拒绝：
例句：
a company that was trying to repel a hostile takeover.
试图拒绝某一有敌意的接管的一家公司

To turn away from; spurn.
避开；摒开
To cause aversion or distaste in:
使厌恶；使反感：
例句：
Her rudeness repels everyone.See Synonyms at disgust See Usage Note at repulse
她的粗鲁使每个人都很反感参见 disgust参见 repulse

To be resistant to; be incapable of absorbing or mixing with:
抵防：对…抵制；不能吸收或与…不相融：
例句：
Oil repels water.
油水不相溶

Physics To present an opposing force to; push back or away by a force:
【物理学】 排斥：显示相反的力量；用力推回或推开：
例句：
Electric charges of the same sign repel one another.
相同的电荷之间互相排斥

v.intr.（不及物动词）
To offer a resistant force to something.
相互排斥
To cause aversion or distaste:
使人反感；使人厌恶：
例句：
behavior that repels.
使人反感的举止

来源：
Middle English repellen
中古英语 repellen
from Old French repeller
源自 古法语 repeller
from Latin repellere
源自 拉丁语 repellere
re- [re-]
re- [前缀，表反对]
pellere [to drive] * see pel- 5
pellere [驱赶] *参见 pel- 5

【引伸】
repel.ler
n.（名词）