Resist
[rɪ'zɪst]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) withstand the force of something; 'The trees resisted her'; 'stand the test of time'; 'The mountain climbers had to fend against the ice and snow'.
(verb.) stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something.
(verb.) refuse to comply.
(verb.) resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; 'His body rejected the liver of the donor'.
芭芭拉校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To stand against; to withstand; to obstruct.
(v. t.) To strive against; to endeavor to counteract, defeat, or frustrate; to act in opposition to; to oppose.
(v. t.) To counteract, as a force, by inertia or reaction.
(v. t.) To be distasteful to.
(v. i.) To make opposition.
(n.) A substance used to prevent a color or mordant from fixing on those parts to which it has been applied, either by acting machanically in preventing the color, etc., from reaching the cloth, or chemically in changing the color so as to render it incapable of fixing itself in the fibers.. The pastes prepared for this purpose are called resist pastes.
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同義詞及近義詞：
v. a. Oppose, withstand, impugn, confront, assail, attack, strive against, make a stand against, not submit to.
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同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Withstand, oppose, hinder, check, thwart, rebuff, stem, combat
ANT:Encourage, promote, aid, advance, help, succor, acquiesce, submit, suffer,allow, tolerate, permit
整理:凯蒂
解釋/意思:
v.t. to strive against: to oppose.—v.i. to make opposition.—n. a composition applied to a surface to enable it to resist chemical action: a material as a paste applied to a fabric to prevent the action of a dye or mordant from affecting the parts not to be coloured.—ns. Resis′tal (obs.); Resis′tance act of resisting: opposition: (mech.) the power of a body which acts in opposition to the impulse of another: (electr.) that property of a conductor in virtue of which the passage of a current through it is accompanied with a dissipation of energy; Resis′tance-box a box containing one or more resistance-coils; Resis′tance-coil a coil of wire which offers a resistance to the passage of a current of electricity; Resis′tant one who or that which resists.—adjs. Resis′tant Resis′tent making resistance.—ns. Resis′ter; Resistibil′ity Resis′tibleness.—adj. Resis′tible.—advs. Resis′tibly; Resis′tingly.—adj. Resis′tive.—adv. Resis′tively.—n. Resistiv′ity.—adj. Resist′less irresistible: unresisting unable to resist.—adv. Resist′lessly.—ns. Resist′lessness; Resist′-style in calico printing the process of dyeing in a pattern by the use of a resist; Resist′-work calico printing in which the pattern is produced by means of resist which preserves parts uncoloured.
整理:梅
例句/造句/用法:
- Would the cliff resist this new battery? 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- I was with an equal--one with whom I might argue--one whom, if I saw good, I might resist. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Harriet could not long resist so delightful a persuasion. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- I cannot resist your prayer. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- I could resist it no longer--I caught her in my arms, and covered her face with kisses. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- I can't resist them when I see Sallie buying all she wants, and pitying me because I don't. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- It may have been too that in this she did not quite succeed, for it is very difficult to resist confidence, and she knew she had Georgiana's. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- The inference was too plain to be resisted. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- I therefore pleaded another engagement; and observing that Mrs. Micawber's spirits were immediately lightened, I resisted all persuasion to forego it. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- Perhaps I might have resisted a great temptation, but the little ones would have pulled me down. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- The diamond, which is an allotropic form of carbon, has hitherto resisted attempts to reproduce it of sufficient size to have a commercial value. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- To have resisted such attractions, to have withstood such tenderness! 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- Nature resisted it for a while. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- The more the door resisted him, the more dangerous and imminent became that bloody conspiracy against his life. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- The new life, on the other hand, was before all things capable of resisting great changes of temperature. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- They are put together with a double-lapped spiral seam to give expansion-resisting qualities, and as an additional precaution small metal rings are slipped on the outside. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- To walk involves a displacement and reaction of the resisting earth, whose thrill is felt wherever there is matter. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Not at all, said Meyler; but, Stonyer being such a fool, there was no resisting the amusement of making him a cuckold. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Prince John had now no further excuse for resisting the claim of the Disinherited Knight, whom, therefore, he named the champion of the day. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- In the case of wire rope it is the firmness with which the metal holds together that gives it its great resisting strength. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The islands of Guernsey and Jersey, without any means of resisting the authority of parliament, are more lightly taxed than any part of Great Britain. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Mr. George is so entirely overcome at first by this prospect that he resists the proposed honour with great earnestness. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- If she objects, tell her it is my particular wish; and if she resists, say I shall come and fetch her in case of contumacy. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- This high polish is important, for it resists rust and prevents leading. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Shoot him if he resists, I heard some one say. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- It is a reasonable and laudable pride which resists such malevolence. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- It resists moisture, and a roof painted with it need not be gone over again for four or five years. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- Some call a prude, a woman who steadfastly resists being kissed by a man for whom she has no regard, at a time when her heart is devoted to another. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
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