Vocabulary

repel

撃退(げきたい)する

B2 · Upper-intermediate Useful

Samraworld Dictionary

(1) Verb

To drive back : repulse; to fight against, resist, turn away, reject.

()()める:反発(はんぱつ)(たたか)う、抵抗(ていこう)する、()()ける、拒絶(きょぜつ)する。

Examples

  1. The effort to repel the invaders was successful until yesterday, when things took a turn for the worse.

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