| 单词 | resistance |
| 释义 | resistance /ri zis"teuhns/, n. 1. the act or power of resisting, opposing, or withstanding. 2. the opposition offered by one thing, force, etc., to another. 3. Elect. a. Also called ohmic resistance. a property of a conductor by virtue of which the passage of current is opposed, causing electric energy to be transformed into heat: equal to the voltage across the conductor divided by the current flowing in the conductor: usually measured in ohms. Abbr.: R b. a conductor or coil offering such opposition; resistor. 4. Psychiatry. opposition to an attempt to bring repressed thoughts or feelings into consciousness. 5. (often cap.) an underground organization composed of groups of private individuals working as an opposition force in a conquered country to overthrow the occupying power, usually by acts of sabotage, guerrilla warfare, etc.: the resistance during the German occupation in World War II. 6. Stock Exchange. See resistance level. [1300-50; ME < MF. See RESIST, -ANCE] Syn. 1. opposition, obstinacy, defiance, intransigence. |
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