n.

1. 抵抗，反抗[U][S1][（+to）]
   She made a stouter resistance than the thief had anticipated.

   她的抵抗比強盜預料的要強。

   put up a strong resistance

   進行頑強抵抗

2. 抵抗力；抗性；耐性[U][（+to）]
   I catch colds frequently because my resistance is low.

   我經常得感冒，因為我抵抗力差。

3. 抵制；阻力[U][（+to）]
   resistance to change

   對變革的抵制

4. （導體的）電阻[U][（+to）]
5. 電阻器[C]
6. （大寫）抵抗運動[the S]

n.

1. the action of resisting.
2. armed or violent opposition.
3. (also resistance movement) a secret organization resisting political authority.
   ▸ (the Resistance) the underground movement formed in France during the Second World War to fight the German occupying forces and the Vichy government.
4. the impeding effect exerted by one material thing on another.
5. the ability not to be affected by something.
   ▸Medicine  & Biology  lack of sensitivity to a drug, insecticide, etc., especially as a result of continued exposure or genetic change.
6. the degree to which a material or device opposes the passage of an electric current, causing energy dissipation.
   ▸a resistor.