1. 抵抗;抵制;反对
    Resistance to something such as a change or a new idea is a refusal to accept it.

    e.g. The US wants big cuts in European agricultural export subsidies, but this is meeting resistance.
           美国想大幅度削减欧洲农业出口补贴，但此举遭到了抵制。

2. 抵抗;抵御
    Resistance to an attack consists of fighting back against the people who have attacked you.

resistance什么意思

    e.g. The troops are encountering stiff resistance...
           军队遭遇了顽强抵抗。
    e.g. Police in riot gear cleared the noisy demonstrators, who offered no resistance.
           身穿防暴服的警察驱散了喧闹的游行者，没有遇到抵抗。

3. 抵抗力;免疫力
    The resistance of your body to germs or diseases is its power to remain unharmed or unaffected by them.

    e.g. This disease is surprisingly difficult to catch as most people have a natural resistance to it.
           由于多数人对这种病具有天然免疫力，所以发病率低得出奇。

4. (风或空气的)阻力
    Wind or air resistance is a force which slows down a moving object or vehicle.

    e.g. The design of the bicycle has managed to reduce the effects of wind resistance and drag.
           这种自行车的设计成功地减少了风的阻力和摩擦力。

5. 电阻;阻抗
    In electrical engineering or physics, resistance is the ability of a substance or an electrical circuit to stop the flow of an electrical current through it.

    e.g. ...materials that lose all their electrical resistance.
           电阻为零的材料

6. （被他国军队占领或被专制政府统治的国家中的）抵抗组织，地下组织
    In a country which is occupied by the army of another country, or which has a very harsh and strict government, the resistance is an organized group of people who are involved in illegal activities against the people in power.

    e.g. They managed to escape after being arrested by the resistance.
           他们被抵抗组织抓住后又设法逃脱了。

7. 阻力最小的路线;最容易的途径
    If you take the line of least resistance in a situation, you do what is easiest, even though you think that it may not be the right thing to do. In American English, you usually talk about the path of least resistance .

    e.g. They would rather take the line of least resistance than become involved in arguments.
           他们倾向采用阻力最小的方案，不愿卷入纷争。