repugn
/ri-pyoon/US // rɪˈpyun //UK // (rɪˈpjuːn) //
厌恶,排斥,拒不承认,拒不接受
Definitions
v.有主动词 verb
- 1
- : to oppose or refute.
v.无主动词 verb
- 1
- : Archaic. to resist.
Examples
The Gospel appeared to repugn this proposition—'let them both grow unto the harvest.'
Our mother and Louisa repugn at the idea of an Irish girl; and there are scarcely any others to be heard of.
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