DICT.TW Dictionary Taiwan
216.73.216.155
Search for:
▼[Show options]
[Pronunciation] [Help] [Database Info] [Server Info]

3 definitions found

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 re·sist·less /rɪˈzɪstləs/
 (a.)不能抵抗的,無抵抗力的

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Re·sist·less, a.
 1. Having no power to resist; making no opposition. [Obs. or R.]
 2. Incapable of being resisted; irresistible.
 Masters' commands come with a power resistless
 To such as owe them absolute subjection.   --Milton.
 -- Re*sist*less*ly, adv. -- Re*sist*less*ness, n.
 ◄ ►

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 resistless
      adj 1: impossible to resist; overpowering; "irresistible (or
             resistless) impulses"; "what happens when an
             irresistible force meets an immovable object?" [syn: irresistible]
             [ant: resistible]
      2: offering no resistance; "resistless hostages"; "No other
         colony showed such supine, selfish helplessness in
         allowing her own border citizens to be mercilessly
         harried"- Theodore Roosevelt [syn: supine, unresisting]