resistance

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of resisting, or the capacity to resist. countable,uncountable
    — widespread resistance to the new urban development plans
  2. A force that tends to oppose motion. countable,uncountable
  3. Electrical resistance. countable,uncountable
  4. A resistor. countable,dated,uncountable
    — In our study of simple electrical circuits, we have considered a single source of E.M.F. for each individual circuit but we have learned that any number of resistances may be connected in parallel […]
  5. An underground organisation engaged in a struggle for liberation from forceful occupation; a resistance movement. countable,uncountable
    — Alliance forces are stretched too thin right now to attempt to liberate the colony, but we've been doing what we can to covertly aid the local resistance.

词形变化

resistances plural resistaunce alternative,obsolete resistence alternative,rare

词源

From earlier resistence, from Middle English resistence, from Old French resistence, from Latin resistentia. Morphologically resist + -ance.
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