resistance

英 [rɪ'zɪst(ə)ns] 美[rɪ'zɪstəns]

n. 阻力；电阻；抵抗；反抗；抵抗力

近义词 rebellion friction abstinence

反义词 obedience submission

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英英释义

1. the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with;: "he encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens"; "despite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead"

2. any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion

3. a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms

4. the military action of resisting the enemy's advance;: "the enemy offered little resistance"

5. (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease

6. a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force

7. the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)

8. (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness

9. an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current

10. group action in opposition to those in power

词组搭配

the line (或 path) of least resistance

an option avoiding difficulty or unpleasantness; the easiest course of action

阻力最小的办法

考试真题

In that moment of clarity Leah made an important leap, conquering her inner resistance to change and making a firm commitment to take bigger steps.

Bacteria in these communities also have an enhanced resistance to sanitizers (清洁剂) and antibiotics compared to bacteria living on their own.

Biofilm communities can harbor bacteria longer and are very difficult to clean, Bacteria in these communities also have an enhanced resistance to sanitizers (清洁剂) and antibiotics compared to bacteria living on their own.

In that moment of clarity Leah made an important leap, conquering her inner resistance to change and making a firm commitment to take bigger steps.

Inertia is the resistance of objects to efforts to change their state of motion.

In an interview with the Paris Review Hughes speculated that when a person puts pen to paper, "you meet the terrible resistance of what happened your first year at it, when you couldn't write at all".

Remove that resistance and you are more likely to produce a 70-page ramble (不着边际的长篇大论)

Sometimes, the best route to fulfilment is the path of more resistance.

Teachers will meet with a lot of resistance

It has met with strong resistance.

The resistance to vaccine has continued for decades, and it is driven by a real but very small risk.

The subtle and intelligent little book The Marketplace of Ideas: Reform and Resistance in the American University should be read by every student thinking of applying to take a doctoral degree.

Most importantly, it constantly modifies and enhances the games you play to build on the strengths you are developing—much like an effective exercise routine requires you to increase resistance and vary your muscle use.

实用场景例句

As with all new ideas it met with resistance.: 和所有的新观念一样，它受到了抵制。

There has been a lot of resistance to this new law.: 这项新的法规已经遇到很多的抵制。

Resistance to change has nearly destroyed the industry.: 对变革的抵制几乎毁了这个行业。

armed resistance: 武装反抗

The defenders put up a strong resistance .: 保卫者进行了顽强的抵抗。

The demonstrators offered little or no resistance to the police.: 示威者几乎没有对警察进行任何反抗。

AIDS lowers the body's resistance to infection.: 艾滋病降低了身体的抗感染能力。

wind/air resistance (= in the design of planes or cars): 风阻；空气阻力

resistance fighters: 秘密抵抗战士

The US wants big cuts in European agricultural export subsidies, but this is meeting resistance.: 美国想大幅度削减欧洲农业出口补贴，但此举遭到了抵制。

The troops are encountering stiff resistance...: 军队遭遇了顽强抵抗。

Police in riot gear cleared the noisy demonstrators, who offered no resistance.: 身穿防暴服的警察驱散了喧闹的游行者，没有遇到抵抗。

This disease is surprisingly difficult to catch as most people have a natural resistance to it.: 由于多数人对这种病具有天然免疫力，所以发病率低得出奇。

The design of the bicycle has managed to reduce the effects of wind resistance and drag.: 这种自行车的设计成功地减少了风的阻力和摩擦力。

...materials that lose all their electrical resistance.: 电阻为零的材料

They managed to escape after being arrested by the resistance.: 他们被抵抗组织抓住后又设法逃脱了。

They would rather take the line of least resistance than become involved in arguments.: 他们倾向采用阻力最小的方案，不愿卷入纷争。

I'll be revenged on the whole lot of you for this.: 这个仇我是要报的,你们一个也逃不了.

They put up stubborn resistance.: 他们进行了顽强的抵抗.

Copper has less resistance to electricity than lead.: 铜比铅的电阻要小.

Where there is oppression there is resistance.: 哪里有压迫哪里就有反抗.

Diamonds have extreme resistance to abrasion.: 钻石极抗磨损.

They perceived that the enemy was trying to wear down their resistance.: 他们明白敌人是想用消耗的办法来制服他们的抵抗.

The defenders put up a strong resistance.: 守军顽强抵抗.

The reduction in white blood cell counts lowers resistance to disease.: 白细胞总数的减少,会降低对疾病的抵抗力.

A cold had lowered her resistance.: 感冒已削弱了她的抵抗力.

Alcohol lessens resistance to diseases.: 含有酒精的饮料会减弱对疾病的抵抗力.

They yielded without resistance.: 他们不作抵抗就屈服了.

An aircraft has to overcome the resistance of the air.: 飞机须克服空气的阻力.

中文词源

resistance 反抗，抵制

来自 resist,反抗，抑制。

双语例句

1. In the end the Kurds surrendered without putting up any resistance.: 最后库尔德人没有作任何抵抗就投降了。

2. Such a policy would inevitably draw fierce resistance from farmers.: 这种政策必然会招致农场主的强烈抵制。

3. Generally speaking there was no resistance to the idea.: 一般说来，没有人会反对这个观点。

4. The infantry divisions mopped up remaining centres of resistance.: 陆军各师肃清了残余的抵抗据点。

5. The world was electrified by his courage and resistance.: 世人为他的勇气和反抗精神震惊不已。

英文词源

resistance (n.): mid-14c., from Old French resistance, earlier resistence, from Late Latin resistentia, from present participle stem of Latin resistere "make a stand against, oppose" (see resist). Meaning "organized covert opposition to an occupying or ruling power" [OED] is from 1939. Electromagnetic sense is from 1860. Path of least resistance is from 1825, originally a term in science and engineering.

词态变化

复数: resistances;