| 释义 |
Noun: resistance ri'zistuns- The action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
"he encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens"
- opposition - Any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion
- A material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms
- electric resistance, electrical resistance, impedance, resistivity, ohmic resistance - The military action of resisting the enemy's advance
"the enemy offered little resistance" - (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
- immunity - The capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents
"these trees are widely planted because of their resistance to salt and smog" - A secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force
- underground - The degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)
- (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness
- An electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current
- resistor - Group action in opposition to those in power
Derived forms: resistances See also: resist, resistant Type of: action, capability, capacity, condition, deadness, electrical device, electrical phenomenon, group action, involuntariness, mechanical phenomenon, military action, revolutionary group, status, unresponsiveness, unwillingness Part of: circuit, electric circuit, electrical circuit Encyclopedia: Resistance Resistance, Rebellion, and Death |