Resistance

Definition

resistance /rÇ'zÇstǝns/ n ၁။ [U, sing] ~ (to sth/ sb) ခုခံျခင္း။ ေတာ္လွန္ျခင္း။ armed resistance ❍ put up (a) passive resistance ❍ The demonstrators offered little or no resistance to the police. ၂။ [U,sing] ~ (to sth) အတိုက္အခံ။ The idea met with some resistance. ❍ The firm must overcome its resistance to new technology. ❍ There is a resistance to any reallocation of resources. ၃။ [U, sing] ~ (to sth) ခံႏိုင္ရည္။ ခံႏိုင္စြမ္း။ ကိုယ္ခံအား။ the body's natural resistance to disease ❍ build up (a) resistance to infection. ၄။ [U, sing] ~ (to sth) ခုခံအား။ a low wind resistance (eg in the design of planes or cars). ၅။ [U, C] ( physics ) (အပူ၊ လွ်ပ္စီးျပန္႔ျခင္း) ခုခံမႈ။ ၆။ (often the Resistance ) [Gp] ေတာ္လွန္ေရး။ a resistance fighter.

Examples

1. [resistance to] : Vitamin C helps build resistance to infection.
2. Tumour cells can develop a resistance to certain drugs.
3. The boots showed high water resistance when tested.
4. [meet (with)/face/encounter resistance] : This proposal is meeting some resistance at the UN’s headquarters.
5. The government had taken elaborate precautions to crush any resistance.
6. Air/wind resistance