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verb ADV. fiercely, firmly, resolutely, strenuously, strongly, vigorously | successfully They successfully resisted pressure from their competitors to increase prices. | naturally People naturally resist change. | stubbornly | passively The civil population passively resisted. | physically | at first, initially, so far He has so far resisted pressure to resign. VERB + RESIST be able/unable to, can/could (hardly), can't/couldn't (easily) She could hardly resist the urge to turn and run. Trends in the national economy confront firms with pressures they cannot easily resist. | can/could never, can/could no longer | be difficult to, be hard to, be impossible to | try to | manage to | be determined to | be helpless to, be powerless to She was powerless to resist the attraction that she felt to him. | tend to PHRASES the strength to resist sth
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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resist
nouns
resist the temptation to do something
• He resisted the temptation to look back.
resist the urge/impulse to do something
• Bob resisted the urge to touch her hand.
resist the lure of something
(= resist its attractive quality )
• Bond could never resist the lure of a beautiful woman.
resist a challenge
• Mr Taylor is a man who cannot resist a challenge.
phrases
cannot resist (doing) something
• I couldn't resist teasing him.
be unable to resist (doing) something
• He was unable to resist the temptation to smoke.
hard/difficult to resist
• The temptation to follow them was hard to resist.
impossible to resist
• The urge to give him a hug was almost impossible to resist.
resist 2
nouns
resist pressure
• The Chancellor resisted pressure to increase taxes.
resist an attempt to do something
• The rest of the board resisted his attempts to change the way things were done.
resist change
• People resist change because they fear the unknown.
adverbs
strongly/vigorously/strenuously
• Barcelona strongly resisted moves by rival clubs to sign their star players.
fiercely
• The proposed change has been fiercely resisted by car companies.
stubbornly
• They stubbornly resisted all attempts to modernize the factory.
successfully
• He successfully resisted a challenge to his leadership.
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