1696
residence
/'rezidans/
noun
(formaI) 1 [C] a house, especially a large or impressive one
fifeff; (
: a desirable family residence for sale (= for example, in an
advertisement) H ftsT 11 M M
Hr 0 10 Downing Street is the
British Prime Minister’s official residence. Jtxtr 10 # Ji HI W
*8 W W © „ 2 [U] the
state of living in a particular place ; A III: (formal) They were not
able to take up residence in their new home until the spring.
0 Please state your occupation and place
of residence, if ift (ft
IRA ffl fi Jit Q 0 The flag flies when the Queen is
inresidence. * —see
also
hall of residence 3 (also residency) [U] permission to
live in a country that is not your own ( fE ftfepj (ft ) JIHilA
H : They have been denied residence in this country. &AS U7SHMIJH
ft W„ 0 a residence permit Jg aTil ITiTOl in 'residence having an official
position in a particular place such as a college or university ( ) WjE£i*R&, #|i: a writer
in residence
residency
/'rezidansi/
noun
(pi. -ies) (formal) 1 [U] = residence(3) : She has been granted
permanent residency in
3 tu]
the
state of living in a particular place Hr :
a
residency requirement for students 4 [U, C]
(especially NAmE) the period of time
when a doctor working in a hospital receives special advanced training iim-f 5 (also residence) [C] the
official
house of sb such as an ambassador
Hr® resi dent On /'rezidant/ noun,
adj.
m noun 1 a person who lives
in a particular place or who has their home there Hr M ; #. P : a resident of the United
States
H H (ft Jj§ 0 There were
confrontations between local residents and the police. ^itfeJgr&fflli^A
2 a person who is staying in a hotel ( M it (ft ) jS ft # ,
$clr, The hotel restaurant
is
open to non-residents. ^^(ft^hl^##^ 3 a
doctor working in a hospital in the
— compare registrar(3)
■ adj. living in a
particular place ( fE) Hfefe(ft: the town’s resident
population (= not tourists or visitors) H K 0 to be resident
abroad/in the
0 0 Tom’s our resident
expert (= our own expert) on foreign movies.
.resident
'alien noun (NAmE, law W) a person from another
country who has permission to stay in the
residen
tial /.rezi'denjl/
adj. [usually before noun]
1 (of an area of a town
$tT]J (ftiffeE) suitable for living in; consisting of houses rather than
factories or offices jg 'n H ft ; ft ^ (ft: a quiet residential
area
£(ftit7: K 2 (of a job, a
course, etc. Ift, iHS^) requiring a person to live at a particular place;
offering living accommodation IS^ft^ltfeljlrftEft; SH&ftJtftj: a residential
language course a! leftist (ft ip § 0 a residen
tial home for the elderly % A ^ 0 residential care for
children
residents*
association noun a group of people who live in a
particular area and join together to discuss the problems of that area
re
sidual /ri'zidjual;
NAmE -d3U-/
adj. [only before noun] (formal) remaining at the
end of a process fij^lft; 0|i§ [ft HT1 outstanding : There are still a few
residual problems with the computer program. —48
re
sidu ary /ri'zidjuari; NAmE -d3ueri/ adj. 1 (law ft) remaining from
the money and property left by a person who has died after all debts, gifts,
etc. have been paid (ft 2 (technical 4:in) remaining at
the
end of a process f!]^(ft; 0$ ji (ft
residue
/'rezidju:;
NAmE -du:/ noun 1 a small amount of
sth that remains at the end of a process ;
0$
[§#1; 0s if: pesticide residues in
fruit and vegetables 0s 2 (law W) the part of the
money, property, etc. of a person who has died that remains after all the
debts, gifts, etc. have been paid ffcM f1:
The residue of the estate was divided equally among his children.
^J&jtft$ftfe#J^7A#70 re siduum /ri'zidjuam/ noun (pi. re-sidua /-djua/) (technical if. igj something that
remains after a reaction or process has taken place ( ft^EJ£Z(ft ) 0s3S, WSk, 0s
m-, (
re-sign
/ri'zain/
verb ~ (from sth) | ~ (as sth) to officially tell sb
that you are leaving your job, an organization, etc. S||R; Sf A ( SIR# ) :
[V] He
resigned as manager after eight years. A¥/fJ, life if 51 ift IR # 0 0 Two
members resigned from the board in protest. S^^EftW # J& M S?
directorship last year. $ 7Si^lR#o
IJIl:lfj re'sign yourself to sth to accept sth
unpleasant that cannot be changed or avoided n/flf; RifHic'x:; M fK: She resigned herself
to her fate. D/f^i^p7o
0
[+ -ing] We had to resign
ourselves to making a loss on the sale.
res-ig-na-tion
/.rezig'neifn/
noun 1 [u, C] the act of
giving up your job or position; the occasion when you do this 5^|R: a letter of
resignation SlIRfjt 0 There were calls for
her resignation from the board of directors. A H >ts fttfe A 31
^ ^ 71IR # o <> Further resignations
are expected. ®it2^WASIIRo 2 [C]
a letter, for example to your employers, to say that you are giving up your job
or position SlIRff; SIM: to offer/hand in/tender your resignation Mi! / IRff 0 We haven’t
received his resignation yet.
l^flTj0S'S;W<ki!Jltfe WWI.
3 [U] patient willingness to accept a difficult or unpleasant
situation that you cannot change jl$S; DJfli: They accepted their
defeat with resignation, life 1(1 A
re-signed
/ri'zaind/
adj.
- (to sth/doing sth) being willing to
calmly accept sth unpleasant or difficult that you cannot change i£A)0t^(ft ;
JIM: a
resigned sigh A 4T S ffef Eft S O He was resigned to
never seeing his birthplace again. 7Kiffi7#Aftfe#Ub£Hfe,
l1feikiA7o ► re-sign-ed-ly /-nidli/ adv.: ‘I suppose you’re
right,’ she said resignedly.
re-sili-ence
/ri'zilians/
(also less
frequent re-sili-ency /-nsi/) noun [U] 1 the ability of
people or things to feel better quickly after sth unpleasant, such as shock,
injury, etc. ; it M fj 2 the ability of a
substance to return to its original shape after it has
been bent, stretched or pressed fg fj; re sili ent /ri’ziliant/ adj. 1 able to feel better
quickly after sth unpleasant such as shock, injury, etc. % jfi li (ft; (ft: He’ll get over
it—young people are
amazingly resilient, fife ^ % jR ii ^ M $£ A W ii
JSZ A IsC A o 2 (of
a substance ^ JiH) returning to its original shape after being bent, stretched,
or pressed re-sili-ent-ly
adv.
resin
/‘rezin;
NAmE ‘rezn/ noun [C, U] 1 a sticky substance
that is produced by some trees and is used in making varnish, medicine, etc. 80 2 an artificial substance similar to resin, used in making
plastics
► res-in-ous /'rezinas; NAmE 'rezanas/ adj. : the resinous
scent of pine trees re-sist o-w /ri'zist/ verb
1
to refuse to accept sth and try to stop it
from
happening $ij ; ffi 0Dd oppose : [VN] to resist change o They are determined to
resist pressure
to change the law. 0
[V -ing] The bank strongly
resisted cutting interest rates.
7r ® f.ll & Xt I# fft $\ $ o [also v] 2 to fight back when attacked; to use force
to stop sth from happening fx trt; HI Sr; ir[: [V] He tried to pin me
down, but I
resisted. ftfeiifeS^JtJc^c, {S
^ fj
& tit 0 0 [VN] She was charged with
resisting arrest. fenfhfflc 3 (usually in negative
sentences iJJS'oJ) to stop yourself
from having sth you like or doing sth you very much
want to do E- ft ; M : [VN] / finished the cake. I
couldn’t resist it. l£&7f£f[!]lt$:lfiiffli£7o o / found the temptation
to miss the class too hard to resist.