resistance

résistance, opposition

Efforts pour empêcher ou refuser quelque chose, notamment un changement ou les actions de quelqu’un.

En anglais simple : Attempts to stop or refuse something, especially a change or someone’s actions.

• The plan met strong resistance.
• Many workers showed resistance to the changes.
• The soldiers advanced without meeting any resistance.

Comment l'utiliser : resistance to something (There was strong resistance to the proposal.)

Synonymes : opposition, defiance

Contraires : acceptance

Expressions courantes : resistance to something, meet resistance, strong resistance

résistance

Force qui ralentit un mouvement ou rend le déplacement plus difficile.

En anglais simple : A force that slows movement or makes it harder for something to move.

• Air resistance slows the ball.
• The swimmer pushed against the resistance of the water.
• Turning the dial increases the resistance during exercise.

Synonymes : drag, opposing force

Expressions courantes : air resistance, water resistance, against resistance

résistance

Groupe secret qui lutte contre une armée d’occupation ou un gouvernement pour libérer son pays.

En anglais simple : A secret group that fights against an occupying army or government to free its country.

• She joined the resistance during the war.
• Resistance fighters hid supplies in the forest.
• The resistance passed secret messages between occupied towns.

Synonymes : resistance movement, underground

Expressions courantes : join the resistance, resistance movement, resistance fighters

résistance électrique

Mesure de la difficulté qu’un matériau ou une pièce oppose au passage du courant électrique.

En anglais simple : How much a material or part limits the flow of electricity through it.

• This wire has low resistance.
• Electrical resistance is measured in ohms.
• The resistance increases as the wire gets hotter.

Synonymes : electrical resistance

Expressions courantes : electrical resistance, high resistance, measure resistance