verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
resist sb’s charm (= not allow yourself to be influenced by someone’s charm )
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People say that it was impossible to resist Burton’s charm.
resist the temptation to do sth
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If you feel hungry during the day, resist the temptation to eat chocolate.
resist/control an impulse (= not do something, even though you have an impulse to do it )
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Derek resisted the impulse to eat any more cake.
resist/fight/suppress an urge
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She had to resist a constant urge to look back over her shoulder.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
fiercely
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Such clauses are often fiercely resisted by the buyer, but in most cases without reason.
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The Declaration was fiercely resisted by the minority.
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It wants to control, and fiercely resists its own capitulation.
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This policy is resisted fiercely by the rural community.
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It would, of course, be fiercely resisted because it gives back power to the people.
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The army fiercely resisted the move.
firmly
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Up until now most advanced snowboarders have firmly resisted anything except a non-release binding.
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Breakfast had been fruit and coffee; she'd firmly resisted the croissants with butter and apricot jam.
strongly
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Both these matters were deep in political controversy, the second in particular being strongly resisted by the police as well as by the Government.
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Tight controls were strongly resisted by developing countries.
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It is precisely in such circumstances that the imposition of obligations upon third parties is most strongly resisted .
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This has been strongly resisted by the police and there have been a series of clashes.
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There was also pressure for a whole ministry responsible for civil aviation, but this was strongly resisted by the Air Ministry.
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Ridgeway strongly resisted freeing the men, though he admitted that the evidence placed before the court had not demonstrated their guilt.
successfully
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She could not have resisted successfully had she tried, so she did not try.
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A proposal to combine Nuevo Leon and Coahuila for administrative purposes was successfully resisted by these states.
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They tend to be defiant toward society, and successfully resist therapy.
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Tom Margittai successfully resisted the temptation to take a major detour from his original dream.
vigorously
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I was sure that were such a scheme to be imposed, it would be vigorously resisted and criticised.
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This was hardly music to Britain's ears: the Labour government had vigorously resisted all such overtures since 1945.
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The Police Federation has made it clear that any proposals to reduce the age of consent would be vigorously resisted .
■ NOUN
attempt
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At the same time the executive resisted a renewed attempt by sympathisers for the affiliation of the Communist Party.
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Some do well in aquariums, while others seem to resist all attempts to keep them alive.
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Ollokot overtook them and joined a group of warriors in resisting Captain Benteen's attempt to outflank the fleeing families.
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But Parks again resisted attempts by the City Council to open an outside investigation of the department.
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Banks may resist the attempts at rationing.
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Augustine somehow resists every attempt to wipe it off the map.
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We shall, of course, resist any attempt to introduce such legislation by other means.
change
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Frequently staff will resist the change in ways which may be less dramatic than sabotage, but be equally effective.
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Still, some companies will resist these changes .
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Bear in mind that a block could indicate you are resisting a radical change of direction.
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Inevitably, employees would resist the change .
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But negative pride keeps us in a state of mind that resists change .
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Certainly unions resist changes that threaten their members' jobs-as any rational organization would.
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It is popular to assume that other people resist change but, of course, we are all potential resisters of change.
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Resisting change is as futile as resisting weather, and change is our weather now.
demand
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However, the government continued to resist demands for universal suffrage, preferring a power-sharing system.
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He could hardly resist the demands of Voute and Strauss.
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The economic pressure they could exert on the regimes that resist the masses' demand for democracy is enormous!
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They often found it difficult to resist these demands .
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He stoutly resisted these demands and campaigned for the retention of the tramways.
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Sometimes a puppy will aggressively resist our demands , or ignore us completely.
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Meanwhile suppliers are consolidating apace to give themselves the muscle to resist never-ending demands for lower prices.
effort
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The pictures resisted his efforts to shuffle them into chronological order.
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Bulger, however, adamantly resisted the efforts .
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The lid was heavy and at first resisted his efforts .
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Evan never resisted my efforts , nor will many of our children.
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She had a plump, pretty face, framed by dark curls that resisted every effort at restraint.
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Let us see why questions concerning the origin of language have so long resisted efforts to find clear answers.
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Farmers, especially in the more fertile areas have resisted efforts to place controls on their practices.
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He fights stubbornly, and has thus far resisted all our efforts to dislodge him.....
idea
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Bramwell resisted any such idea , even though his health was deteriorating.
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For years, manufacturers resisted the idea that laptops could be used for fun.
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The scientific establishment can resist a new idea with such complacent zeal that even Joshua with his trumpets would have no effect.
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Many people resist this idea , saying they would like to believe it, but doubt that humans could act differently.
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I urge the Government to continue to resist the idea of more regulations being attached to employees.
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I had been resisting the whole idea of focus groups-when you went out and talked to pickle eaters.
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The philosophers of pragmatism resisted the idea that experience could be frozen at a particular moment in time and analysed in chunks.
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And yet, even as we make the case for collaboration, we resist the idea of collective creativity.
impulse
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Now you try this exercise, and resist the impulse to give up.
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He resisted an impulse to stand on a chair.
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Bragg could not resist the impulse to stroll over.
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Jean was unable to resist the impulse to return her smile.
pressure
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Younger players in particular, as well as less established players, may find it particularly difficult to resist such pressures .
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The obvious question is how long the present authoritative regime will be able to resist the pressures .
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Many of us are too polite to resist their pressure and we end up sacrificing our time to their sales pitch.
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It was hard to resist that pressure .
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It is difficult but very important to resist pressure of this kind.
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We will insist on more effective control over Community spending and will resist pressure to extend Community competence to new areas.
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Kodak explains that it must be stiff to resist water pressure at depth.
temptation
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It might be out of bounds, but the temptation to take a slightly closer look was a temptation she could not resist .
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If such ideas were to spread, his own slaves might find them too great a temptation to resist .
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This temptation should therefore be resisted .
urge
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You resist the urge to test the weight on the lid again, because by now you've forgotten how it felt before.
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Corrigan resisted the urge to grab him by the arm and hold him.
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But she resisted the urge to turn and glance at him and kept her eyes fixed straight ahead.
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Will we as lawyers use our privileged positions to extend our influence, or resist the urge to make ourselves indispensable?
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Yanto resisted the urge to rush things.
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Bernice could hardly resist the urge to turn and run, but she supported Defries and retreated step by step.
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With difficulty Shiona resisted the urge to phone him up at home and demand an explanation.
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Creed resisted the urge to back off more.
will
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Others, however, do not have the will to resist .
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Then the fear of him that had been generated bred a will to resist .
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With a great effort of will , he'd resisted her pleas to go to her bedroom after everyone was asleep.
■ VERB
continue
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I urge the Government to continue to resist the idea of more regulations being attached to employees.
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Stephenson was in and out of hospitals repeatedly in 1995 because he continued to resist diagnosis and medication.
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The armed forces, however, remained essentially segregated and many whites continues to resist changes in race relations.
help
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This healthy, realistic fear helps the organization resist the temptation to take the easy way out of a problematic situation.
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Banks may keep surplus liquidity to help them resist a squeeze.
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Its hard wood helps it resist cold winters, and its thick-skinned grapes are almost impervious to rain, disease and insects.
try
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One of his victims who tried to resist was struck by an axe wielded by Kolben, and subsequently died.
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I resent this effect of the couscous, which is potentially terrifying, and I try to resist it.
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Muscles in her neck were trying to resist the pressure and that felt good too; he wanted it to take time.
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In other cases, they are killed if they try to resist or if their abductors become nervous.
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She tried to resist , to hold her breath.
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There may be those who try to resist this with the inevitable breakdown in social order as a result.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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By resisting the Mafia's attempts to control the region, he was putting his own life in danger.
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Congress continues to resist the anti-weapons bill.
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Test-tube studies show that the virus is able to resist most antibiotics.
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The unions have resisted attempts to change the pay structure.
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The university resisted pressure to close its art department.
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When security guards came to stop him, he did not resist .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Although Artemis seems to have disliked all males, she particularly resisted heroes of the stamp of Hercules and Achilles.
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He resisted intense heat to rescue one person and try to get another out.
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Manu's friend resists and is savagely beaten up.
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Now you try this exercise, and resist the impulse to give up.
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She called it the science of shopping, the ability to resist the temptations of dazzling packaging.
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Still, some companies will resist these changes.
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The anticipated threat is a strain of staphylococcal bacteria able to resist all available antibiotics.
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The saint could not resist the appeal of that spotted belly, butter-soft, that pale fur so douce and plush.