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单词 resistence
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resistencen.

Brit. /rᵻˈzɪst(ə)ns/, U.S. /rəˈzɪst(ə)ns/, /riˈzɪst(ə)ns/
Forms: Middle English recistence, Middle English recistens, Middle English recystence, Middle English rescistens, Middle English resystence, Middle English–1500s resistens, Middle English–1500s resystens, Middle English– resistence, late Middle English reyssystens; Scottish pre-1700 resistens, pre-1700 resystens, pre-1700 1700s– resistence, 1800s resisteence.
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French resistence; Latin resistentia.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French resistence and its etymon post-classical Latin resistentia: see resistance n. Compare Catalan resistencia (1424), Spanish resistencia (late 14th cent.), Portuguese resistência (15th cent.), Italian resistenza (a1348; also †risistenza , †resistenzia ). Compare later resistance n.Many recent instances of the form resistence appear to be misspellings or typographical errors for resistance n., as shown by the immediate context in such cases as the following:1825 J. M. F. Wright Solutions Cambr. Probl. 1800–20 II. 541 When this nascent cone is of minimum resistance, the nascent solid will be also of least resistence; and the surface of the truncated solid of least resistance makes [etc.].1987 J. M. Hunter & M. O. Thomas in R. Akhtar Health & Dis. Trop. Afr. v. 95 A major problem..is the emergence of secondary resistence, i.e. bacilli resistance acquired in treatment.
Now rare.
= resistance n. (in various senses).In common use until the late 16th cent.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun] > opposition or resistance
witherOE
wiþerstrencþc1175
withstanding1303
resistancea1325
gainstandinga1340
withsetting1340
resistencec1390
again-standingc1400
resisting1436
repugnance?a1439
gainstandc1470
disstandingc1485
against-standinga1500
repugnancya1500
resist1535
objection1543
reluctation1593
resistment1605
rebeck1609
reluctance1609
reluctancy1613
obluctation1615
redaction1621
resistencya1623
obstrigillation1623
resistal1631
resistancy1656
recalcitration1658
stemc1700
calcitration1867
push-back1984
society > armed hostility > defence > holding out or making stand > [noun] > resisting
resistancea1325
defendingc1350
defencea1513
resistence1548
counterstrength1579
c1390 (?c1350) St. Ambrose 768 in C. Horstmann Sammlung Altengl. Legenden (1878) 20 (MED) Mi bitter teres..ben prestes defens; Oþur nul i make no resistens.
c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Tale (Ellesmere) (1875) G. §3. l. 909 Thise Metals been of so greet violence Oure walles mowe nat make hem resistence.
a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1882) iii. l. 990 Þe excellence Of loue, a-yeyns þe which þat no man may Ne oughte ek goudly make resistence.
1449–50 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Nov. 1449 §55. m. 18 For suche distres takyng, and yn resistens therof, ther is grete assembles.
1512 Act 4 Hen. VIII c. 20 Preamble Theire adherentes made extreme resistens ayenst your said Beseecher.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. clxxvj Ye Spaniardes so defended them with ordinaunce & resistences that they slew .v. or vi. M. Frenchemen.
1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated i. iv. 81 This Renitencie and reaction..alwayes doth suppose some resistence.
1671 R. Bohun Disc. Wind 230 The spirit or Wind..whirls about in a Circle: for..the density and resistence of the Cloud, gives it an oblique or Vortiginous Motion.
1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Resistence of the Medium, is the opposition against, or hindrance of the Motion of any Body moving in a Fluid.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) A greater Weight is required to overcome their united Resistence, than to overcome their several Resistences one after another.
1788 R. Young Ess. Powers & Mechanism Nature i. iii. 37 Greater forces than have yet been employed, might..overcome the resistence which has only been insuperable to an insufficient power.
1870 Amer. Naturalist 4 639 The increase in weight..causes the bottom to bulge upwards at the points of least resistence.
1978 Times 11 Aug. 13/2 What remains to be tested is whether the Russians can demonstrate that their methods of modern warfare can crush any guerrilla resistence in any terrain.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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