/rɪ'zɪst; rɪ`zɪst/
v
1 [I, Tn] use force in order to prevent sth happening or being successful; oppose 使用武力以阻止某事物发生或取得成功; 抵抗; 对抗
*He could resist no longer. 他再也抵抗不住了.
* resist an enemy, attack 抵抗敌人、进攻
* He was charged with resisting arrest. 他被控拒捕.
2 [I, Tn] regard (a plan, an idea, etc) unfavourably 抵制, 抗拒（计画、主张等）
*resist the call for reform 抗拒实行改革的号召.
3 [Tn] be undamaged or unaffected by (sth) 不受（某事物）的损害或影响; 抗; 耐
*ovenware, glass, etc that resists heat 耐热的烤箱器皿、玻璃等
* resist corrosion, damp, frost, disease 抗腐蚀、防潮、防霜冻、防病.
4 [Tn, Tg] succeed in not yielding to (sth/sb) 不屈从（某事物[某人]）; 经得住
*resist temptation, chocolate 经得起诱惑、忍住不吃巧克力
* Jill couldn't resist making jokes about his baldness. 吉尔忍不住拿他的秃顶开玩笑.

v
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin;Origin: resistere, from sistere 'to stop']
[I,T usually in negatives]
to stop yourself from having something that you like very much or doing something that you want to do
cannot resist (doing) sth
　I just can't resist chocolate.
　She can never resist buying new shoes.
it is hard/difficult/impossible to resist sth
　It's hard to resist an invitation like that.
resist the temptation/urge to do sth
　She resisted the temptation to laugh.
　They only wanted 3 dollars for it, so how could I resist?
[T]
to try to prevent a change from happening, or prevent yourself from being forced to do something
　He resisted pressure to resign.
resist doing sth
　For months the company has resisted changing its accounts system.
strongly/fiercely/vigorously etc resist
　The proposal was strongly resisted by the police.
[I and T]
to use force to stop something from happening
strongly/fiercely/firmly etc resist
　Demonstrators violently resisted attempts to remove them from the building.
　He was charged with trying to resist arrest .
[T]
to not be changed or harmed by something
　your ability to resist infection