Resist

(verb.) withstand the force of something; 'The trees resisted her'; 'stand the test of time'; 'The mountain climbers had to fend against the ice and snow'.

(verb.) stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something.

(verb.) refuse to comply.

(verb.) resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; 'His body rejected the liver of the donor'.

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• Would the cliff resist this new battery? 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• I was with an equal--one with whom I might argue--one whom, if I saw good, I might resist. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Harriet could not long resist so delightful a persuasion. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• I cannot resist your prayer. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• I could resist it no longer--I caught her in my arms, and covered her face with kisses. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• I can't resist them when I see Sallie buying all she wants, and pitying me because I don't. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• It may have been too that in this she did not quite succeed, for it is very difficult to resist confidence, and she knew she had Georgiana's. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• The inference was too plain to be resisted. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• I therefore pleaded another engagement; and observing that Mrs. Micawber's spirits were immediately lightened, I resisted all persuasion to forego it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Perhaps I might have resisted a great temptation, but the little ones would have pulled me down. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• The diamond, which is an allotropic form of carbon, has hitherto resisted attempts to reproduce it of sufficient size to have a commercial value. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• To have resisted such attractions, to have withstood such tenderness! 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• Nature resisted it for a while. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• The more the door resisted him, the more dangerous and imminent became that bloody conspiracy against his life. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• The new life, on the other hand, was before all things capable of resisting great changes of temperature. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• They are put together with a double-lapped spiral seam to give expansion-resisting qualities, and as an additional precaution small metal rings are slipped on the outside. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• To walk involves a displacement and reaction of the resisting earth, whose thrill is felt wherever there is matter. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Not at all, said Meyler; but, Stonyer being such a fool, there was no resisting the amusement of making him a cuckold. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Prince John had now no further excuse for resisting the claim of the Disinherited Knight, whom, therefore, he named the champion of the day. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• In the case of wire rope it is the firmness with which the metal holds together that gives it its great resisting strength. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The islands of Guernsey and Jersey, without any means of resisting the authority of parliament, are more lightly taxed than any part of Great Britain. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Mr. George is so entirely overcome at first by this prospect that he resists the proposed honour with great earnestness. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• If she objects, tell her it is my particular wish; and if she resists, say I shall come and fetch her in case of contumacy. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• This high polish is important, for it resists rust and prevents leading. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Shoot him if he resists, I heard some one say. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• It is a reasonable and laudable pride which resists such malevolence. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• It resists moisture, and a roof painted with it need not be gone over again for four or five years. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• Some call a prude, a woman who steadfastly resists being kissed by a man for whom she has no regard, at a time when her heart is devoted to another. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.

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