resistance
US: /ɹiˈzɪstəns/, /ɹɪˈzɪstəns/
UK: /ɹɪsˈɪstəns/
UK: /ɹɪsˈɪstəns/
English Vietnamese dictionary
resistance /ri'zistəns/
- danh từ
- sự chống cự, sự kháng cự, sự đề kháng
- a war of resistance: cuộc kháng chiến
- (vật lý) điện trở
- resistance box: hộp điện trở
- tính chống, sức bền, độ chịu
- frictional resistance: độ chịu ma sát
- resistance to corrosion: tính chống gặm mòn
- to take the line of least resistance
- chọn con đường dễ nhất, chọn phương pháp dễ nhất
- sự chống cự, sự kháng cự, sự đề kháng
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
1 [U, sing.] ~ (to sb/sth) dislike of or opposition to a plan, an idea, etc.; refusal to obey: As with all new ideas it met with resistance. + There has been a lot of resistance to this new law. + Resistance to change has nearly destroyed the industry.
2 [U, sing.] ~ (to sb/sth) the act of using force to oppose sb/sth: armed resistance + The defenders put up a strong resistance. + The demonstrators offered little or no resistance to the police.
3 [U, sing.] ~ (to sth) the power not to be affected by sth: Aids lowers the body's resistance to infection.
4 [U, sing.] ~ (to sth) a force that stops sth moving or makes it move more slowly: low / high wind resistance (= in the design of planes or cars)
5 [U, C] (physics) (Symbol R) the fact of not CONDUCTING heat or electricity; a measurement of this
6 (often the Resistance) [sing.+sing./pl. v.] a secret organization that resists the authorities, especially in a country that an enemy has control of: resistance fighters / forces
Idioms see LINE n.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 opposition, defiance, refusal, denial, obstruction, intransigence, rebelliousness, recalcitrance, stubbornness:
The child puts up considerable resistance to any form of discipline.
2 defences:
My resistance is low, I can deny you nothing.
3 Resistance. underground, partisans, freedom fighters, guerrilla or guerilla movement, guerrillas or guerillas, irregulars, Maquis, US resisters:
During the war, he was a member of the Resistance and engaged in sabotage against the invaders.
Collocation dictionary
1 trying to stop sth
ADJ.
considerable, great, stiff, strong, substantial | determined, fierce, heroic, serious, spirited, stubborn | effective | token | active | passive | collective, organized | widespread | armed, military | political | popular, public | guerrilla, peasant
VERB + RESISTANCE
mount, offer, put up
They mounted stiff resistance to the proposal.
| encounter, meet (with), run into
The advancing army met with little resistance.
| break (down), crush, overcome
RESISTANCE + VERB
stiffen | collapse, crumble
RESISTANCE + NOUN
movement | fighter, forces, group, leader, worker
PREP.
without ~
The attacks did not take place without resistance.
| ~ against
armed resistance against the Nazis
| ~ to
There was fierce resistance to the new laws.
PHRASES
the line/path of least resistance
(= the easiest way of doing sth),
a pocket of resistance
(= an area of resistance)
2 to a disease/drugs
ADJ.
high | low | disease | antibiotic, drug
VERB + RESISTANCE
have | build up, develop
You need to build up your resistance to colds.
| lower
PREP.
~ to
Aids lowers the body's resistance to infection.
Concise English dictionary
resistancesrɪ'zɪstəns
noun
+the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
+any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion
+a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms
+the military action of resisting the enemy's advance
+(medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
+a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force
+the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)
+(psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness
+an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current
+group action in opposition to those in power
