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repel

[rɪ'pel] брит. / амер.

гл.

1. отбрасывать, отражать (атаку, нападение)
2. оказывать сопротивление, противостоять (противнику)
подавлять, сдерживать (желания, чувства)
отказываться принять, отвергать, отклонять (предложение, прошение и т. п.)
претить; вызывать отвращение, неприязнь; отпугивать; отталкивать
физ.
отталкивать

Biology (En-Ru)

repel

отгонять

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Zametov is no more than a boy. I can pull his hair and one must draw him not repel him.
Заметов еще мальчишка, я еще волосенки ему надеру, потому что его надо привлекать, а не отталкивать.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / Crime and PunishmentДостоевский, Фёдор / Преступление и наказание
Преступление и наказание
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1970
Crime and Punishment
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
© 2009 Rhodes Media

The more precise microscopic description of how they repel each other, though, is somewhat different.
Более точное описание отталкивания частиц на микроскопическом уровне выглядит несколько иначе.
Greene, Brian / The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate TheoryГрин, Брайан / Элегантная Вселенная. Суперструны, скрытые размерности и поиски окончательной теории
Элегантная Вселенная. Суперструны, скрытые размерности и поиски окончательной теории
Грин, Брайан
© 1999 by Brian R.Greene
© Перевод на русский язык: Едиториал УРСС, 2004
The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
Greene, Brian
© 1999, 2003 by Brian R. Greene

She was always timid of holding out her hand to him and sometimes did not offer it at all, as though afraid he would repel it.
Она всегда протягивала ему свою руку робко, иногда даже не подавала совсем, как бы боялась, что он оттолкнет ее.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / Crime and PunishmentДостоевский, Фёдор / Преступление и наказание
Преступление и наказание
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1970
Crime and Punishment
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
© 2009 Rhodes Media

The pneumatic cells 31 are arranged in such a way that the walls of adjacent cells interact, i.e. repel each other.
Пневмоячейки 31 размещены так, чтобы стенки двух соседних ячеек взаимодействовали друг с другом, т. е. отталкивали.
http://www.patentlens.net/ 26.12.2011
http://www.patentlens.net/ 26.12.2011

These ligands either are not bound to one another or they mutually repel, or they are joined by forces of intermolecular attraction such as van der Waals interactions.
Друг с другом эти лиганды либо не связаны или взаимно отталкиваются, либо соединены силами межмолекулярного притяжения типа Ван-дер-ваальсовых взаимодействий.
http://www.patentlens.net/ 11.11.2011
http://www.patentlens.net/ 11.11.2011

But you, Sancho - doesn't the thought of a monastery repel you?"
А вы, Санчо, – мысль о монастыре не отталкивает вас?
Greene, Henry Graham / Monsignor QuixoteГрин, Генри Грэм / Монсеньор Кихот
Монсеньор Кихот
Грин, Генри Грэм
© Издательство "Молодая гвардия", 1989
Monsignor Quixote
Greene, Henry Graham
© Graham Greene, 1982

No invisible hand tried to repel him, and his own hand moved with no trouble at all.
Никакая невидимая рука не воспрепятствовала его удару.
King, Stephen / InsomniaКинг, Стивен / Бессонница
Бессонница
Кинг, Стивен
© Stephen King, 1994
© Перевод. Т.Ю. Покидаева, 2003
© ООО "Издательство АСТ", 2003
Insomnia
King, Stephen
© Stephen King, 1994

Tempting man, enticing him with coy smiles and sidelong glances, then to repel him?
Искушая мужчину, обольщая застенчивыми улыбками и взглядами из-под ресниц, она затем отталкивает его.
Gulik, Robert van / The Emperor's PearlГулик, Роберт ван / Жемчужина императора
Жемчужина императора
Гулик, Роберт ван
© Robert H. van Gulik, 1963
© Перевод, ЗАО "Издательство "Центрполиграф", 2002
The Emperor's Pearl
Gulik, Robert van
© Robert H. van Gulik, 1963

At the very fastest, it'd take five hours to get through, and the INKling-repel device only lasts thirty minutes.
Потайной ход спускается в лабиринт, ведущий прямо в гнездо жаббервогов. Чтобы выйти по нему куда нужно, даже если очень спешить, требуется часов пять.
Murakami, Haruki / Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the WorldМураками, Харуки / Страна чудес без тормозов и конец света
Страна чудес без тормозов и конец света
Мураками, Харуки
© 1991 by Kodansha International Ltd.
© Д. Коваленин. Перевод, 2003
© ООО "Издательство "Эксмо", 2005
Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Murakami, Haruki
© 1991 by Kodansha International Ltd.

At feeding gas into the tubes of the matrix 32, the walls of pneumatic cells stretch repel each other.
При подаче газа в трубки матрицы 32, стенки пневмоячеек растягиваются и взаимно отталкиваются друг от друга.
http://www.patentlens.net/ 26.12.2011
http://www.patentlens.net/ 26.12.2011

Since electron clouds repel, this means also that the incoming group attacks backside, at a position 180° from the leaving group, resulting in inversion of configuration.
Поскольку электронные облака отталкиваются, входящая группа атакует молекулу субстрата с тыла под углом 180° к уходящей группе, так что при этом наблюдается обращение конфигурации.
March, Jerry,Smith, Michael B. / March's advanced organic chemistry: reactions, mechanisms, and structureМарч, Джерри / Органическая химия. Реакции, механизмы и структура. Том 2
Органическая химия. Реакции, механизмы и структура. Том 2
Марч, Джерри
© 1985 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
© перевод на русский язык, «Мир», 1987
March's advanced organic chemistry: reactions, mechanisms, and structure
March, Jerry,Smith, Michael B.
© 2007 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

What say you, boys, is a pistol a weapon to repel boarders?"
Что вы скажете, ребята? Неужто пистолет помешает вам пойти на абордаж?
Cooper, James Fenimore / The Pilot: A Tale of the SeaКупер, Джеймс Фенимор / Лоцман
Лоцман
Купер, Джеймс Фенимор
© "Детское государственное издательство", 1959
The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea
Cooper, James Fenimore
© 2005 Adamant Media Corporation

And try letting yourself be carried away by your feelings, blindly, without reflection, without a primary cause, repelling consciousness at least for a time; hate or love, if only not to sit with your hands folded.
А попробуй увлекись своим чувством слепо, без рассуждений, без первоначальной причины, отгоняя сознание хоть на это время; возненавидь или полюби, чтоб только не сидеть сложа руки.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / Notes from the UndergroundДостоевский, Фёдор / Записки из подполья
Записки из подполья
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Наука", 1989
Notes from the Underground
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
© 2008 by Classic House Books

Painful recollections will intrude which cannot, which ought not, to be repelled.
Я не смею, не должен отвергать приходящие в голову мучительные воспоминания.
Austen, Jane / Pride and prejudiceОстин, Джейн / Гордость и предубеждение
Гордость и предубеждение
Остин, Джейн
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1988
Pride and prejudice
Austen, Jane
© BiblioLife, LLC

You'll never improve a man by repelling him, especially a boy.
Тем что оттолкнешь человека -- не исправишь, тем паче мальчишку.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / Crime and PunishmentДостоевский, Фёдор / Преступление и наказание
Преступление и наказание
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1970
Crime and Punishment
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
© 2009 Rhodes Media

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rɪ'pelVerbотбрасывать; отражатьExamples

to repel the attacks of enemies — отражать атаки противника

User translations

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1.
отталкивать
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2.
отгонять (комаров, напр.)
translation added by Alex Hrypun
Bronze en-ru
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Collocations

repel an attack

отражать атаку

repel the assault

отражать атаку

repelled jump

отогнанный гидравлический прыжок

repelling evidence

опровергающее доказательство

universally repelling object

универсально отталкивающий объект

water-repelling

водоотталкивающий

water-repelling agent

гидрофобная добавка

water-repelling

гидрофобный

ink repelling

отталкивание краски

electron-repelling power

способность отталкивать электроны

Word forms

repel

verb

Basic forms
Past	repelled
Imperative	repel
Present Participle (Participle I)	repelling
Past Participle (Participle II)	repelled

Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I repel	we repel
you repel	you repel
he/she/it repels	they repel

Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am repelling	we are repelling
you are repelling	you are repelling
he/she/it is repelling	they are repelling

Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have repelled	we have repelled
you have repelled	you have repelled
he/she/it has repelled	they have repelled

Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been repelling	we have been repelling
you have been repelling	you have been repelling
he/she/it has been repelling	they have been repelling

Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I repelled	we repelled
you repelled	you repelled
he/she/it repelled	they repelled

Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was repelling	we were repelling
you were repelling	you were repelling
he/she/it was repelling	they were repelling

Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had repelled	we had repelled
you had repelled	you had repelled
he/she/it had repelled	they had repelled

Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been repelling	we had been repelling
you had been repelling	you had been repelling
he/she/it had been repelling	they had been repelling

Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will repel	we shall/will repel
you will repel	you will repel
he/she/it will repel	they will repel

Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be repelling	we shall/will be repelling
you will be repelling	you will be repelling
he/she/it will be repelling	they will be repelling

Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have repelled	we shall/will have repelled
you will have repelled	you will have repelled
he/she/it will have repelled	they will have repelled

Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been repelling	we shall/will have been repelling
you will have been repelling	you will have been repelling
he/she/it will have been repelling	they will have been repelling

Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would repel	we should/would repel
you would repel	you would repel
he/she/it would repel	they would repel

Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be repelling	we should/would be repelling
you would be repelling	you would be repelling
he/she/it would be repelling	they would be repelling

Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have repelled	we should/would have repelled
you would have repelled	you would have repelled
he/she/it would have repelled	they would have repelled

Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been repelling	we should/would have been repelling
you would have been repelling	you would have been repelling
he/she/it would have been repelling	they would have been repelling

Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am repelled	we are repelled
you are repelled	you are repelled
he/she/it is repelled	they are repelled

Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being repelled	we are being repelled
you are being repelled	you are being repelled
he/she/it is being repelled	they are being repelled

Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been repelled	we have been repelled
you have been repelled	you have been repelled
he/she/it has been repelled	they have been repelled

Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was repelled	we were repelled
you were repelled	you were repelled
he/she/it was repelled	they were repelled

Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being repelled	we were being repelled
you were being repelled	you were being repelled
he/she/it was being repelled	they were being repelled

Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been repelled	we had been repelled
you had been repelled	you had been repelled
he/she/it had been repelled	they had been repelled

Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be repelled	we shall/will be repelled
you will be repelled	you will be repelled
he/she/it will be repelled	they will be repelled

Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been repelled	we shall/will have been repelled
you will have been repelled	you will have been repelled
he/she/it will have been repelled	they will have been repelled

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repel

Biology (En-Ru)

repel

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repel

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