resist

resist
verb
ADVERB
▪ fiercely, firmly, resolutely, strenuously, strongly, vigorously
▪ successfully
▪

They successfully resisted pressure from their competitors to increase prices.

▪ naturally
▪

People naturally resist change.

▪ stubbornly
▪ actively
▪ at first, initially, so far
▪

He has so far resisted pressure to resign.

VERB + RESIST
▪ be able to, can, manage to
▪ be unable to, cannot
▪

Trends in the national economy confront companies with pressures they are unable to resist.

▪ can hardly, cannot easily
▪

She could hardly resist the urge to turn and run.

▪ can never, can no longer
▪ be difficult to, be hard to
▪ be impossible to
▪ try 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
Resist is used with these nouns as the object: ↑advance, ↑arrest, ↑attack, ↑attempt, ↑attraction, ↑bait, ↑call, ↑change, ↑charm, ↑corrosion, ↑demand, ↑desire, ↑effort, ↑eviction, ↑evil, ↑impact, ↑imposition, ↑impulse, ↑inclination, ↑influence, ↑interpretation, ↑intervention, ↑invasion, ↑lure, ↑move, ↑occupation, ↑onslaught, ↑oppression, ↑overture, ↑penetration, ↑pressure, ↑reform, ↑suggestion, ↑temptation, ↑tendency, ↑tyranny, ↑urge

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