词汇 | resist |
释义 | resist verb uk /rɪˈzɪst/ us /rɪˈzɪst/ C1[ I or T ] to fight against something or someone that is attacking you: 反抗;回击;抵抗 The soldiers resisted (the enemy attacks) for two days.(面对敌人的进攻)士兵们抵抗了两天。 [ T ] to refuse to accept or be changed by something: 抵制;阻挡;抗拒 The party leader resisted demands for his resignation.该党领导人拒不答应他辞职的要求。 He tried to run away from the police and was charged with resisting arrest.警方逮捕他时,他企图逃跑,结果被控拒捕。 The new hybrid crops are much better at resisting disease.这种新杂交作物抗病能力更强。 B2[ T ] to stop yourself from doing something that you want to do: 按捺;忍住;拒受…的影响 I can never resist temptation/chocolate/the urge to laugh.我向来无法抗拒诱惑/我永远不可能抵挡巧克力的诱惑/我要是想笑,怎么也忍不住。 [ + -ing verb ]She couldn't resist laughing at him in those clothes.看到他那副穿戴,她忍不住大笑起来。 He couldn't resist embellishing the story of his accident a little. The town had been besieged for two months but still resisted the aggressors.该城虽已被围困了两个月,但仍然把侵略者拒之城外。 They are bravely resisting subjugation by their more powerful neighbours.他们勇敢地抵抗更强大的邻居,不愿臣服。 General Rattigan summoned reinforcements to help resist the attack.拉蒂根将军命令增援部队协助抵挡进攻。 He usually resists attempts to introduce new procedures. Responding to an attack beat beat someone off beat someone/something back capitulate combat patrol counter-assault counterattack countercharge fight hold human shield parry pull pull back refight repel repulse stand strike white flag You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Refusing & rejecting resist | American Dictionaryresist verb[ I/T ] us/rɪˈzɪst/ to fight against or oppose something or someone: [ T ]Students want to discover the truth themselves, and they resist having conclusions forced upon them. To resist is also to keep or stop yourself from doing something: [ T ]I couldn’t resist laughing at him. resist | Business Englishresist verb uk /rɪˈzɪst/us [ I or T ] to fight against something or someone: The group resisted for several weeks. The computers resisted the virus. [ T ] to refuse to accept or be changed by something: The party resisted the spending cuts. [ T ] to stop yourself from doing something that you want to do: Resisting the temptation to tuck into pension income early is vital. Examples of resistresist Before this acknowledgment, efforts to educate caregivers on dying may more likely be resisted. There is other language usage in broadcasting which is resisted by listeners but permissible in informal speech. She must learn that resisting idolatry can be empowering, but the potential for empowerment depends upon the nature and origin of the resistance. Most often, the captives resisted, and they and their oppressors negotiated a modus vivendi ; when this broke down or proved impossible, the captives fled. Once formed, a bistate system resists its destruction through adequate response to external actions. Davies resists the temptation of using his stylistic division as a political one, carefully describing the divergent ecclesiological and political leanings of his metaphysical preachers. We examine the plausibility of panspermia, using terrestrial models capable of resisting conditions found in space. On the contrary, he first tried to successfully eliminate all possible options, and later tried to extricate those that resisted elimination. As research shows here and elsewhere, children of the elite - envisaged by colonial authorities as future leaders of ' friendly ' (ex) colonies - often resisted attending school. If she resists her hands and feet are tied. Further indications that resisting parasites is costly come from observations that levels of immunity are reduced when the animal is concentrating resources in other activities. There may be times at which reality resists us, and through these tensions we can perhaps discover the contours of our own playing. In summary, a sizable group of entomologists resisted the "pest" machinery. The dialectic between resisting and reinforcing gender norms - the tension between contestation and consent - highlights the role of individual personality in navigating social organisation. The truth is that the courts have persistently resisted the pressure from the superior powers and refused to take the disputes. See all examples of resist These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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