resist

résister

Lutter contre quelque chose ou se retenir de faire quelque chose dont on a envie.

En anglais simple : To fight against something or stop yourself from doing something you want to do.

• The soldiers resisted the attack.
• She resisted the urge to laugh.
• Can you resist eating the last biscuit?

Comment l'utiliser : resist something (They resisted the proposed changes.); resist doing something (I could not resist buying another book.)

Synonymes : oppose, fight against, withstand

Contraires : yield, surrender

Expressions courantes : resist pressure, resist temptation, resist doing something