repulsive

adjective

/rɪˈpʌlsɪv/

causing a feeling of strong dislike; very unpleasant令人厌恶的；令人反感的；十分讨厌的 synonym disgusting
- a repulsive sight/smell/habit令人厌恶的情景／气味／习惯
- What a repulsive man!这个人真讨厌！
Synonyms disgusting
disgusting
- foul
- revolting
- repulsive
- offensive
- gross
These words all describe something, especially a smell, taste or habit, that is extremely unpleasant and often makes you feel slightly ill.
- disgusting extremely unpleasant and making you feel slightly ill:
  What a disgusting smell!这气味真难闻！
- foul dirty, and tasting or smelling bad:
  She could smell his foul breath.她闻得到他的口臭。
- revolting extremely unpleasant and making you feel slightly ill:
  The stew looked revolting.这煨菜看上去令人作呕。
disgusting or revolting?用 disgusting 还是 revolting？Both of these words are used to describe things that smell and taste unpleasant, unpleasant personal habits and people who have them. There is no real difference in meaning, but disgusting is more frequent, especially in spoken English.
- repulsive (rather formal) extremely unpleasant in a way that offends you or makes you feel slightly ill. Repulsive usually describes people, their behaviour or habits, which you may find offensive for physical or moral reasons.
- offensive (formal) (especially of smells) extremely unpleasant.
- gross (informal) (of a smell, taste or personal habit) extremely unpleasant.
Patterns
- disgusting/repulsive/offensive to somebody
- to find somebody/something disgusting/revolting/repulsive/offensive
- to smell/taste disgusting/foul/gross
- a(n) disgusting/foul/revolting/offensive/gross smell
- a disgusting/revolting/gross habit
- disgusting/offensive/gross behaviour
- a disgusting/revolting/repulsive man/woman/person
- She found the idea deeply repulsive.她觉得这个想法很恶心。
- The very thought seems repulsive.一想起这件事似乎就觉得恶心。
- He found her habits quite repulsive.他发现她有些习惯让人很反感。
Topics Appearancec2
Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- be
- look
- seem
- …
adverb
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
preposition
- to
(physics物理) causing repulsion (= a force that pushes away)引起排斥的；斥力的
- repulsive forces斥力

词源late Middle English: from French répulsif, or from , -ive, from repellere ‘drive back’, from re- ‘back’ + pellere ‘to drive’.

词汇	repulsive
释义	repulsive adjective /rɪˈpʌlsɪv/ /rɪˈpʌlsɪv/ causing a feeling of strong dislike; very unpleasant令人厌恶的；令人反感的；十分讨厌的 synonym disgusting a repulsive sight/smell/habit令人厌恶的情景／气味／习惯 What a repulsive man!这个人真讨厌！ Synonyms disgustingdisgusting foul revolting repulsive offensive gross These words all describe something, especially a smell, taste or habit, that is extremely unpleasant and often makes you feel slightly ill. disgusting extremely unpleasant and making you feel slightly ill: What a disgusting smell!这气味真难闻！ foul dirty, and tasting or smelling bad: She could smell his foul breath.她闻得到他的口臭。 revolting extremely unpleasant and making you feel slightly ill: The stew looked revolting.这煨菜看上去令人作呕。 disgusting or revolting?用 disgusting 还是 revolting？Both of these words are used to describe things that smell and taste unpleasant, unpleasant personal habits and people who have them. There is no real difference in meaning, but disgusting is more frequent, especially in spoken English. repulsive (rather formal) extremely unpleasant in a way that offends you or makes you feel slightly ill. Repulsive usually describes people, their behaviour or habits, which you may find offensive for physical or moral reasons. offensive (formal) (especially of smells) extremely unpleasant. gross (informal) (of a smell, taste or personal habit) extremely unpleasant. Patterns disgusting/repulsive/offensive to somebody to find somebody/something disgusting/revolting/repulsive/offensive to smell/taste disgusting/foul/gross a(n) disgusting/foul/revolting/offensive/gross smell a disgusting/revolting/gross habit disgusting/offensive/gross behaviour a disgusting/revolting/repulsive man/woman/person She found the idea deeply repulsive.她觉得这个想法很恶心。 The very thought seems repulsive.一想起这件事似乎就觉得恶心。 He found her habits quite repulsive.他发现她有些习惯让人很反感。 Topics Appearancec2 Collocations Dictionaryverbs be look seem … adverb extremely fairly very … preposition to (physics物理) causing repulsion (= a force that pushes away)引起排斥的；斥力的 repulsive forces斥力词源late Middle English: from French répulsif, or from , -ive, from repellere ‘drive back’, from re- ‘back’ + pellere ‘to drive’.
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