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repugnant [r0'pKgnDnt] adj. 令人厭惡的;讓人反感的 extremely unpleasant or

                                               offensive ; repulsive

  His bad behavior was repugnant to other guests at the party.

  We found her suggestion absolutely repugnant.

  ~ a morally repugnant act         //        The idea was repugnant to us.

  Mark found cleaning the stable repugnant.

 

repugnance [r0'pKgnDns] n. 厭惡 disgust ; repulsion

  feelings of repugnance

  They expressed their repugnance at the idea.

  He was trying to overcome his physical repugnance for her.

 

repulse [r0}pKls] v. 1. 使人厭惡使人反感  repel                 91

  Your bad breath, bad manners, and terrible insults repulse me. Get out of here!

  The moldy bread repulsed him.

  I was repulsed by the movie’s violence.

                2. 擊退to defeat a military attack

  The enemy forces were repulsed with the help of French troops.

  The troops repulsed the attack /invaders.

                3. (無禮地) 拒絕 reject

  He repulsed all attempts to help him.         //        to repulse an offer

  Each time I tried to help I was repulsed.

  She repulsed his advances.  拒絕他的追求

 

repulsion [r0}pKlNDn] n. 1. 厭惡;嫌惡感;強烈的反感

  reacting with shock and repulsion

  She felt a repulsion for politics.

                   2.【科】 排斥 ()

  magnetic repulsion

  the forces of attraction and repulsion   引力和排斥力

 

repulsive [r0}pKls0v] adj. 1. 令人厭惡的;讓人反感的 disgusting

  Many people think that rats and snakes look repulsive. 

  morally repulsive behavior        //         a repulsive person /act /smell

  What a repulsive man!

  This medicine smells repulsive.

                     2. 【科】 排斥的;相斥的

  repulsive forces

 

sturdy [}st"di] adj. 1. 堅固的;結實的 robust          105

  I put the books in the sturdiest box I could find.      //      a sturdy table

  sturdy walking boots         //          a sturdy pair of boots

                2. 健壯的

  a man of sturdy build         //          a sturdy breed of cattle

  a sturdy athlete            //            sturdy, muscular legs

sturdily adv.

  a tall, sturdily-built man         //          The boat was sturdily made.

 

drows.y [}draUzi] adj. 睏的;昏昏欲睡的tired and almost asleep; sleepy

  The doctor said the pills might make me feel drowsy.              105

  The room was so hot that I began to feel drowsy.

drowsiness [}draUzin0s] n.                                   94

  This medicine can cause drowsiness, so take it before you go to bed.

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