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resister

/ri-zist/US // rɪˈzɪst //UK // (rɪˈzɪst) //

抵抗者,抗议者,抵抗器,抗议

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to withstand, strive against, or oppose: to resist infection; to resist temptation.
    • : to withstand the action or effect of: to resist spoilage.
    • : to refrain or abstain from, especially with difficulty or reluctance: They couldn't resist the chocolates.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to make a stand or make efforts in opposition; act in opposition; offer resistance.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a substance that prevents or inhibits some effect from taking place, as a coating on a surface of a metallic printing plate that prevents or inhibits corrosion of the metal by acid.
    • : Textiles. a chemically inert substance used in resist printing.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • One early resister to both Obama and Boehner was presidential candidate Michele Bachmann of Minnesota.

  • If this particular impost were made upon me in any direct manner it would almost persuade me to be a passive resister.

  • Everything strives forwards, forwards, dragging the resister along with ecstatic power.

  • Physical force men are strangers to the courage that is requisite in a passive resister.

  • But a passive resister has to avoid even that very limited indulgence, because he can have no desire for progeny.

  • And a passive resister alone can remove such a superstition.