resist

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ɹɪˈzɪst/

Verb

transitive intransitive obsolete

(transitive) To attempt to counter the actions or effects of. / (transitive) To withstand the actions of. / (intransitive) To oppose; to refuse to accept. / (transitive, obsolete) To be distasteful to.

Japanese Meaning

（他動詞）～の作用や効果に対抗しようとする / （他動詞）～の作用に耐える、持ちこたえる / （自動詞）反対する、受け入れを拒む / （他動詞、古語）～にとって不快である、好まれない

What is this buttons?

She tried to resist the urge to check her phone during the meeting.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼女は会議中に携帯を確認したい衝動に抵抗しようとした。

Details

Sense（1）

(transitive) To attempt to counter the actions or effects of.

Shepard: You could have resisted. You could have fought! Instead, you surrendered. You quit.

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Sense（2）

(transitive) To withstand the actions of.

At length, one night, when the company by ſome accident broke up much ſooner than ordinary, ſo that the candles were not half burnt out, ſhe was not able to reſiſt the temptation, but reſolved to have them ſome way or other. Accordingly, as ſoon as the hurry was over, and the ſervants, as ſhe thought, all gone to ſleep, ſhe ſtole out of her bed, and went down ſtairs, naked to her ſhift as ſhe was, with a deſign to ſteal them […]

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