resistance

英 [rɪˈzɪstəns]

美 [rɪˈzɪstəns]

n.  反对; 抵制; 抗拒; 抵抗; 反抗; 抗力; 抵抗力

复数：resistances　

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习惯用语

n.

(choose, follow, take, etc.) the line of least resistance
• （采取）最省事的方法
  (to choose, etc.) the easiest way of doing sth

牛津词典

noun

• 反对；抵制；抗拒
  dislike of or opposition to a plan, an idea, etc.; refusal to obey
  1. As with all new ideas it met with resistance.
     和所有的新观念一样，它受到了抵制。
  2. 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。
  3. Resistance to change has nearly destroyed the industry.
     对变革的抵制几乎毁了这个行业。
• 抵抗；反抗
  the act of using force to oppose sb/sth
  1. armed resistance
     武装反抗
  2. The defenders put up a strong resistance .
     保卫者进行了顽强的抵抗。
  3. 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。
• 抗力；抵抗力
  the power not to be affected by sth
  1. AIDS lowers the body's resistance to infection.
     艾滋病降低了身体的抗感染能力。
• 阻力
  a force that stops sth moving or makes it move more slowly
  1. wind/air resistance (= in the design of planes or cars)
     风阻；空气阻力
• 电阻
  the opposition of a piece of electrical equipment, etc. to the flow of a direct current
• （尤指敌占区的）秘密抵抗组织
  a secret organization that resists the authorities, especially in a country that an enemy has control of
  1. resistance fighters
     秘密抵抗战士

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 抵抗;抵制;反对
  Resistanceto something such as a change or a new idea is a refusal to accept it.
  1. 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。
• N-UNCOUNT 抵抗;抵御
  Resistanceto an attack consists of fighting back against the people who have attacked you.
  1. The troops are encountering stiff resistance...
     军队遭遇了顽强抵抗。
  2. 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。
• N-UNCOUNT 抵抗力;免疫力
  Theresistanceof your bodytogerms or diseases is its power to remain unharmed or unaffected by them.
  1. 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。
• N-UNCOUNT (风或空气的)阻力
  Wind or airresistanceis a force which slows down a moving object or vehicle.
  1. 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。
• N-VAR 电阻;阻抗
  In electrical engineering or physics,resistanceis the ability of a substance or an electrical circuit to stop the flow of an electrical current through it.
  1. ...materials that lose all their electrical resistance.
     电阻为零的材料
• N-SING （被他国军队占领或被专制政府统治的国家中的）抵抗组织，地下组织
  In a country which is occupied by the army of another country, or which has a very harsh and strict government,the resistanceis an organized group of people who are involved in illegal activities against the people in power.
  1. 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。
• PHRASE 阻力最小的路线;最容易的途径
  If you takethe line of least resistancein a situation, you do what is easiest, even though you think that it may not be the right thing to do. In American English, you usually talk aboutthe path of least resistance.
  1. 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。

英英释义

noun

• the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
  1. he encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens
  2. despite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead
  Synonym:opposition
• the military action of resisting the enemy's advance
  1. the enemy offered little resistance
• group action in opposition to those in power
• an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current
  Synonym:resistor
• (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness
• the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)
• a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force
  Synonym:underground
• any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion
• a material's opposition to the flow of electric current
  Synonym:electric resistanceelectrical resistanceimpedanceresistivityohmic resistance
• the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents
  1. these trees are widely planted because of their resistance to salt and smog
• (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
  Synonym:immunity

双语例句

• The body is stimulated to build up resistance.
  刺激身体以增强抵抗力。
• 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。
• Russian resistance suddenly stiffened because there was no room for retreat
  俄罗斯的反抗突然变得强硬起来，因为已经没有退路了。
• 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。
• The possibility of a last-ditch resistance by the enemy should not be dismissed.
  敌人负隅顽抗的可能性是不可不加考虑的。
• Generally speaking there was no resistance to the idea
  一般说来，没有人会反对这个观点。
• Alcohol lessens resistance to diseases.
  含有酒精的饮料会减弱对疾病的抵抗力。
• They made it clear that they would only exercise passive resistance in the event of a military takeover.
  他们声明一旦发生军事接管，他们只会采取非暴力抵抗。
• Where there is oppression there is resistance.
  哪里有压迫哪里就有反抗。
• 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。