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resist

/rɪˈzɪst/

US pronunciation
American sound/rɪˈzɪst/
rɪˈzɪst
Syllables
2 syllables
Stress
2nd syllable stress
Vowel
Short i vowel
Ending
Clear final sound

rɪ - ˈzɪst -> resist

Myanmar meaning

(v) ခုခံ

Full entry

resist /rÇ'zÇst/ v

၁။ ခုခံသည်။
resist an enemy/ attack ❍ He was charged with resisting arrest. ❍ He didn't try to resist.
၂။ ခုခံသည်။ resist the call for reform.
၃။ … ခံသည်။ resist corrosion/ damp/ frost/ disease.
၄။ ခံနိုင်စွမ်းရှိသည်။ အောင့်ထား နိုင်သည်။ resist temptation/ chocolate ❍ Jill couldn't resist making jokes about his baldness.
❏ resister n ဆန့်ကျင်သူ။ အတိုက်အခံလုပ်သူ။ passive resisters.
❏ resistible adj (မက်မောဖွယ်အာရုံကို) ထိန်းထားနိုင်သော (အခြေအနေ)။ Compare IRRESISTIBLE

More examples
  • It’s difficult to resist a challenge like that.
  • [resist doing something] : She couldn’t resist asking him about his date.
  • [resist (the) temptation] : He was unable to resist the temptation of taking the wallet.
  • The judge resisted pressure to lengthen the sentence.
  • The ANC had previously resisted calls for such a meeting.
  • [resist arrest] : One protester was injured while resisting arrest.
  • Antibodies help us resist infection.
  • The shelters are designed to resist heat and toxic fumes.
Synonyms
oppose, refuse to accept, refuse to go along with, defy, stand firm, abide, abstain, abstain from, antagonize, assail, assault, attack, avoid, battle, be proof against, bear, brook, buck, challenge, check, combat, confront, contend, contest, continue, counteract, counterattack, countervail, curb, die hard, dispute, duel, endure, fight, fight back, forbear, forgo, hinder, hold, hold off, hold out against, keep from, leave alone, maintain, persevere, persist, prevent, put up a fight, refrain, refuse, remain, remain firm, repel, stand up to, stay, stonewall, struggle, struggle against, suffer, survive, thwart, traverse, turn down, weather, withstand
Antonyms
OK, abandon, accept, advance, agree, aid, allow, assist, cease, comply, conform, desert, discontinue, encourage, give in, give up, go, go along, help, indulge, leave, permit, quit, refuse, reject, stop, succumb, surrender
Cross references
opposerefuse to acceptrefuse to go along withdefystand firmabideabstainabstain fromantagonizeassailassaultattackavoidbattlebe proof againstbearbrookbuckchallengecheckcombatconfrontcontendcontestcontinuecounteractcounterattackcountervail
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