| 单词 | resist |
| 释义 | resist (rɪzɪst ) Word forms: resists , resisting , resisted 1. verb If you resist something such as a change, you refuse to accept it and try to prevent it. The Chancellor warned employers to resist demands for high pay increases. [VERB noun/verb-ing] They resisted our attempts to modernize the distribution of books. [VERB noun] Synonyms: oppose, fight, battle against, refuse 2. verb If you resist someone or resist an attack by them, you fight back against them. The man was shot outside his house as he tried to resist arrest. [VERB noun] When she had attempted to cut his nails he resisted. [VERB] 3. verb [oft with neg] B2 If you resist doing something, or resist the temptation to do it, you stop yourself from doing it although you would like to do it. Students should resist the temptation to focus on exams alone. [VERB noun] She cannot resist giving him advice. [VERB noun/-ing] 4. verb If someone or something resists damage of some kind, they are not damaged. ...bodies trained and toughened to resist the cold. [VERB noun] Chemicals form a protective layer that resists both oil and water-based stains. [VERB noun] Synonyms: withstand, weather, counter, combat Collocations: resist a suggestion However, he firmly resisted any suggestion of a return to depedence on the unions. Times, Sunday Times She resists any suggestion that both her career and her private life involve constant bargaining. Times, Sunday Times Pollard at first resisted this suggestion but then gave in to the majority. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Give up being right, and resist your tendency to analyze every detail of what's happened. Christianity Today To resist that tendency, we pluralize the leadership, but that's not leaderlessness. Christianity Today Resist any tendency to play safe. The Sun He urged governments everywhere to resist this tendency. Globe and Mail Opportunities are on the way to prove this so resist a tendency to play down your skills. The Sun Commodity prices won't be able to resist that trend. Times, Sunday Times Some of the older members of the party were truly horrified at this totalitarian tendency, but others couldn't resist the trend and fell into line. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Unlike most luxury brands, the company has also resisted the trend to open its own stores. Times, Sunday Times Even so, few manufacturers are resisting the trend. The Sun In the 20th century, many scholars have resisted this trend, defending myth from modern criticism. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Others with this world view resist the influence of science, and believe that science, or so-called science, should be guided by religion. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These cantons were designed to resist the influence of hereditary interests and feudal rivalries. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He opposed wasteful spending in general, and despite his background as a corporate lawyer, he resisted the influence of big business. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 An unfailing pragmatist, he resists the influence of his friends. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Any attempt by the dependent nations to resist the influences of dependency could result in economic sanctions and/or military invasion and control. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The writer did not want to go but could not resist the offer of 250 plus expenses. Times, Sunday Times So far, after resisting all offers to hand over the management of his son's career to outside professionals, he has done well at maximising his and his son's return. Times, Sunday Times I really hope she manages to resist all offers and just quietly gets on with her doctorate. Times, Sunday Times By resisting the offers, the company was able to grow steadily and would increase its services in the 1980s. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Although the owners of the hotel wished the army to purchase it to billet its men, the army resisted the offer, and chose instead to erect its buildings nearby. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Not surprisingly, the notables see him as a noxious elf'n'safety busybody and resist strongly. Times, Sunday Times They tend to resist strongly proposals to abandon things to which they are attached emotionally or changes that affect their economic interests negatively. Times, Sunday Times People should be free to borrow what they want, and librarians should resist strongly any pressure put on them to hand over what are essentially private records. Times, Sunday Times Being close to shore and with prospects of running on shore to evade capture, the brig resisted strongly. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Attacks were to be resisted strongly, each garrison of front line infantry were to be reinforced from the support line in sufficient numbers to replace casualties. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Will she be able to resist the siren call of another project, though? Times, Sunday Times Ministers should resist the siren songs that advocate even greater concentration of research funding and instead prioritise 'research that matters'. Times, Sunday Times For environmentalism, too, begins with a willingness to pay attention to the real and to resist the siren of the abstract. Christianity Today Be strong and resist the siren voices. Times, Sunday Times But could he ever resist the siren call? Times, Sunday Times We need to be honest about where we are going, and resist the temptation to put up fig leaves. Times, Sunday Times (2014) This may simply be because the public cannot resist the temptation to humiliate the fancy dans of the banking world. Times, Sunday Times (2009) If Helena Rebecce de Stansion could resist the temptation to enjoy all he offered without risk, he'd eat his chapeau. THE PROMISE IN A KISS (2001) Kate resisted the temptation to run through them on her internal check list, wondering whether too much sentiment was bad for the health. FALLEN WOMEN (2002) Will she be able to resist the urge to flit around the world like a ballerina butterfly? Times, Sunday Times (2014) Who could resist the urge to follow her? Times, Sunday Times (2015) We must resist the urge to mould people into the way things have always been done. Times, Sunday Times (2006) After a flight westward, your body will naturally want you to wake early, but you must resist the urge to rise. Beat Jet Lag - arrive alert and stay alert (1991) They formed a subterranean liberal international, creating far-flung networks to resist tyranny. The Times Literary Supplement But he also has, of course, been lionized for his altruistic desire to resist tyranny, to stand for freedom. The Times Literary Supplement She continually praises writers who resist tyranny by cultivating private virtue and inner peace. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Each of the paintings was to represent the duties of the deputy to resist tyranny and resist sedition. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This frequently includes groups that consider themselves to be resisting tyranny. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 抵抗 Japanese: 抵抗する |
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