resist

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Pronunciation

/rɪˈzɪst/(rih-ZIST)

Part of speech

verbneutral

Chinese

抵制；抗拒（对抗某事物的影响、压力或诱惑）

Definition

To oppose or fight against something; to try not to give in to an urge or pressure.

Word family

  • resistance/rɪˈzɪstəns/(n)抵抗；阻力
  • resistant/rɪˈzɪstənt/(adj)有抵抗力的
  • resistible/rɪˈzɪstɪbəl/(adj)可抗拒的

Collocations

  • resist change
  • resist the urge
  • strongly resist
  • resist pressure
  • resist temptation
  • hard to resist

Examples

  1. 1.Senior managers resisted the proposed restructuring for months before eventually agreeing to a pilot programme.
  2. 2.It's hard to resist the temptation to overplan when the consequences of uncertainty feel so high.

Synonyms

  • oppose/əˈpəʊz/— be against
  • withstand/wɪðˈstænd/— hold out against
  • defy/dɪˈfaɪ/— openly refuse to obey

Etymology

from Latin "resistere," from "re-" (against) + "sistere" (to stand)