English English Dictionary
- resistant in English:
1. resist
I don't watch a lot of movies, but I can't resist a good documentary.
resist change
Give me the strength to resist the temptation. / 2. There are always those who resist progress. / 3. You resist what can bring you peace. / 4. I'm pretty sure I can resist you.
However long it takes; we will resist the enemy and we will never give up.
Couldn't resist telling the dentist "yeh it makes me feel numb" when he asked me did I have any problems with local anaesthetic.
Let's resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long.
We, ACME Ltd., hereby announce that we will resist with all our strength this hostile takeover.
Even though we resist this by all means — it is a fact.
I resist being tempted to spend a lot of money on clothes.
Children usually resist their parents' tyranny, rebel against them and eventually confront them. I couldn't resist buying such a beautiful dress.
They are determined to resist pressure to change the law. / The bank strongly resisted cutting interest rates. / I can never resist the urge to laugh.
Learn the rules of rugby and you will be unable to resist it
The soldiers resisted (the enemy attacks) for two days. I can never resist temptation/chocolate/the urge to laugh. The party leader resisted demands for his resignation.
This material resists water very well. This material is highly water resistant. This is an extremely water-resistant material. This material has very good resistance to water. his material has excellent water resistance.
2. resistance
He met with his employees' resistance, so he had to increase the salaries.
Resist resistance!
Silence often implies resistance.
The resistance is pointless.
The alternative possibilities were resistance and flight.
I had expected stronger resistance from the enemy but if anything there are less of them as we advance to the centre... Don't you think that's strange?
Years of resistance to misfortune ended when the settlers' village was overcome by the savages and their hopes and lives came to the bitter end.
In reports in America, guerrilla resistance by the Iraq military is called terrorism.
The resistance to theory is the resistance to the use of language about language.
Much of the modern resistance to chastity comes from men's belief that they "own" their bodies.
Resistance is growing now. You will feel a slight resistance as the needle passes through the stopper.
water resistance; resistance movement
Definition resistance to something is a refusal to accept it willingly
The idea of a single European currency met with resistance from older generations who were afraid of change.
Unit of resistance is ohm and its symbol is same with the capital letter Omega in Greek alphabet. It's "Ω".
English word "resistant"(resistance) occurs in sets:
Przymiotniki odrzeczownikowe3. highly resistant
English word "resistant"(highly resistant) occurs in sets:
Kolokacje / Collocations - common adverb + adjecti...4. not damaged or affected by something
5. immune
I am immune to smallpox.
I'm immune to measles, I've been vaccinated.
Few men are immune to her charms.
Men are not immune
Every person in this community is like a cell in the immune system of a healthy human body.
The athlete seemed immune from fatigue.
She is always immune to criticism.
They are immune to attack.
1. protected against a particular disease by particular substances in the blood: He seems to be immune to colds - he just never gets them. / You need this vaccine to be immune to tuberculosis.
Once we've had the disease, we're immune for life.
immune = resistant
I'm immune to the novelty factor.
You need this vaccine to be immune to tuberculosis.
Tell your doctor if you have been treated with medicines that may reduce your immune
He is immune from taxes.
6. unbreakable
Their new laptops are completely unbreakable.
The salesman claimed the windshield was unbreakable, testing it with a punch that went straight through it.
An unbreakable walnut in Bern has taken several casualties: 17 nutcrackers, 29 teeth, and a hammer.
There is an unbreakable link between language and culture.
English word "resistant"(unbreakable) occurs in sets:
taste sensation7. not affected or harmed by something
8. to resist something
9. resistant
These plants are resistant to weed killers.
The infection is resistant to antibiotics.
An example of someone resistant is a older person who doesn't want to use email; resistant to change.
"Some of the old churches are resistant to change."
Elderly people are not always resistant to change
This car is resistant to rust.
English word "resistant"(resistant) occurs in sets:
lesson_eng_fridge flashcards10. durable
These trousers are made of durable cloth.
The material is really durable.
The boots are expensive but pretty durable.
a durable solution
Nokia produces the most durable phones.
durable, waterproof bandages
How do we know that something is durable?
The bronze is nice hard, durable material that could roll on the ground.
the rubber used is durable and strony so as it will not tear, expand or wrap out of shape
English word "resistant"(durable) occurs in sets:
english words11. not harmed or affected by something
English word "resistant"(not harmed or affected by something) occurs in sets:
1 Employee Profile12. not wanting to accept changes or new ideas
English word "resistant"(not wanting to accept changes or new ideas) occurs in sets:
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