resistance
/rɪˈzɪstəns/noun
1
- mass noun the refusal to accept or comply with something; the attempt to prevent something by action or argument反抗, 抗拒, 抵制：
she put up no resistance to being led away.
被带走时她没有反抗。
1.1
- armed or violent opposition武装（或暴力）抵抗：
government forces were unable to crush guerrilla-style resistance.
政府军无法镇压游击队式的抵抗。
1.2
- （亦作resistance movement）[in sing.] a secret organization resisting authority, especially in an occupied country抵抗运动。
1.3
the Resistance
the underground movement formed in France during the Second World War to fight the German occupying forces and the Vichy government（法国）抵抗运动（第二次世界大战期间反抗德国占领军和维希卖国政府的地下运动）。亦称MAQUIS.
1.4
- the impeding, slowing, or stopping effect exerted by one material thing on another阻力：
air resistance would need to be reduced by streamlining.
空气阻力需要通过流线型化来减少。
2
- the ability not to be affected by something, especially adversely（尤指对有害影响的）抵抗力：
some of us have a lower resistance to cold than others.
我们有些人对感冒的抵抗力不如别人。
2.1
- mass noun Medicine & Biology lack of sensitivity to a drug, insecticide, etc., especially as a result of continued exposure or genetic change【医、生】抗药性, 耐药性。
3
- the degree to which a substance or device opposes the passage of an electric current, causing energy dissipation. By Ohm's law resistance (measured in ohms) is equal to the voltage divided by the current.电阻。
3.1
- count noun a resistor or other circuit component which opposes the passage of an electric current电阻器; 有电阻的电路元件。
短语
the line（或path）of least resistance
- an option avoiding difficulty or unpleasantness; the easiest course of action阻力最小的办法。
词源
late Middle English: from French résistance, from late Latin resistentia, from the verb resistere 'hold back' （see RESIST）.