resist
v
1 [I, Tn] use force in order to prevent sth happening or being successful; oppose 使用武力以阻止某事物發生或取得成功; 抵抗; 對抗
He could resist no longer. 他再也抵抗不住了.
resist an enemy, attack 抵抗敵人、 進攻
He was charged with resisting arrest. 他被控拒捕.
2 [I, Tn] regard (a plan, an idea, etc) unfavourably 抵制, 抗拒(計畫、 主張等)
resist the call for reform 抗拒實行改革的號召.
3 [Tn] be undamaged or unaffected by (sth) 不受(某事物)的損害或影響; 抗; 耐
ovenware, glass, etc that resists heat 耐熱的烤箱器皿、 玻璃等
resist corrosion, damp, frost, disease 抗腐蝕、 防潮、 防霜凍、 防病.
4 [Tn, Tg] succeed in not yielding to (sth/sb) 不屈從(某事物[某人]); 經得住
resist temptation, chocolate 經得起誘惑、 忍住不吃巧克力
Jill couldn't resist making jokes about his baldness. 吉爾忍不住拿他的禿頂開玩笑.