Dictionary entry

Resister

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Definition

resist /rÇ'zÇst/ v ၁။ ခုခံသည္။ resist an enemy/ attack ❍ He was charged with resisting arrest. ❍ He didn't try to resist. ၂။ ခုခံသည္။ resist the call for reform. ၃။ … ခံသည္။ resist corrosion/ damp/ frost/ disease. ၄။ ခံႏိုင္စြမ္းရိွသည္။ ေအာင့္ထား ႏိုင္သည္။ resist temptation/ chocolate ❍ Jill couldn't resist making jokes about his baldness. ❏ resister n ဆန္႔က်င္သူ။ အတိုက္အခံလုပ္သူ။ passive resisters. ❏ resistible adj (မက္ေမာဖြယ္အာ႐ံုကို) ထိန္းထားႏိုင္ေသာ (အေျခအေန)။ Compare IRRESISTIBLE

Examples

  1. It’s difficult to resist a challenge like that.
  2. [resist doing something] : She couldn’t resist asking him about his date.
  3. [resist (the) temptation] : He was unable to resist the temptation of taking the wallet.
  4. The judge resisted pressure to lengthen the sentence.
  5. The ANC had previously resisted calls for such a meeting.
  6. [resist arrest] : One protester was injured while resisting arrest.
  7. Antibodies help us resist infection.
  8. The shelters are designed to resist heat and toxic fumes.