resistance
noun/rɪˈzɪstəns/
Слово англійською: resistance
Переклад resistance українською: о́пір, протиді́я, спро́тив, протистоя́ння, о́пір (електри́чний і т. д.), сті́йкість, ви́тримка, о́пір (рух)
Детальний опис
- [uncountable, singular] dislike of or opposition to a plan, an idea, etc.; the act of refusing to obey
- As with all new ideas it met with resistance.
- resistance to somebody/something There has been a lot of resistance to this new law.
- Resistance to change has nearly destroyed the industry.
- [uncountable, singular] the act of using force to oppose somebody/something
- There were a number of episodes of armed resistance during the early years of occupation.
- The defenders put up a strong resistance.
- resistance to somebody/something The demonstrators offered little or no resistance to the police.
- [uncountable, singular] resistance (to something) the power not to be affected by something
- AIDS lowers the body's resistance to infection.
- [uncountable, singular] resistance (to something) a force that stops something moving or makes it move more slowly
- wind/air resistance (= in the design of planes or cars)
- [uncountable, countable] (physics) (symbol R)the opposition of a substance or device to the flow of an electrical current compare reactance
- (often the Resistance)[singular + singular or plural verb] a secret organization that resists the authorities, especially in a country that an enemy has control of
- resistance fighters
- The Resistance was/were not going to surrender.
see also pièce de résistance
Word Originlate Middle English: from French résistance, from late Latin resistentia, from the verb resistere ‘hold back’, from re- (expressing opposition) + sistere ‘stop’ (reduplication of stare ‘to stand’).
Idioms
(choose, follow, take, etc.) the line/path of least resistance
- (to choose, etc.) the easiest way of doing something