resisting
present participle ofresist
| 单词 | resisting |
| 释义 | resisting present participle ofresist resist verb uk/rɪˈzɪst/us/rɪˈzɪst/C1[IorT] tofightagainst something or someone that isattackingyou: Thesoldiersresisted (theenemyattacks) for twodays. [T] torefusetoacceptor bechangedby something: Thepartyleaderresisteddemandsfor hisresignation. Hetriedtorunaway from thepoliceand waschargedwith resistingarrest. The newhybridcropsare muchbetterat resistingdisease. B2[T] tostopyourself from doing something that youwantto do: I can never resisttemptation/chocolate/theurgetolaugh. [+ -ing verb]She couldn't resistlaughingat him in thoseclothes.
Responding to an attack
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Refusing & rejecting Examplesofresistingresisting In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. But still, the subjects of the law found ways ofresistingand tempering their sentences, as the other essays show. From theCambridge English Corpus For every redundant actuator added within branch(es), the number of the forcesresistingan external load is augmented by one. From theCambridge English Corpus By this time, however, the voices of thoseresistingcrude behaviourism had become much stronger. From theCambridge English Corpus It was required to spend moneyresistingthe judgement of the market on the value of snake currencies. From theCambridge English Corpus Further indications thatresistingparasites is costly come from observations that levels of immunity are reduced when the animal is concentrating resources in other activities. From theCambridge English Corpus Resisting(naturally) the former, we investigated the consequences of the latter in some detail. From theCambridge English Corpus She must learn thatresistingidolatry can be empowering, but the potential for empowerment depends upon the nature and origin of the resistance. From theCambridge English Corpus We examine the plausibility of panspermia, using terrestrial models capable ofresistingconditions found in space. From theCambridge English Corpus Resistinginstitutionalisation : constructing old age and negotiating home. From theCambridge English Corpus What was needed was to develop this 'economicresistingpower' through public intervention. From theCambridge English Corpus This would nullify the effect ofresistingthe movement. From theCambridge English Corpus Her moral and medical biographies are not synchronic,resistinga linear narrative with a clear-cut meaning. From theCambridge English Corpus Demarcation of the community's boundaries by these practitioners served as an instrument for the ideological work ofresistingcolonial hegemony and upholding cultural distinctiveness. From theCambridge English Corpus The participant's muscular strength or weakness inresistingto this force informs the instructor as to the participant's predispositions. From theCambridge English Corpus On the other hand, the autonomy of the artist's vision must be jealously guarded, thusresistingreduction to culture, sociology or biography. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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