When she attempted to cut his nails he resisted.

当她试图给他剪指甲时，他反抗了。

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With an effort of will he resisted the temptation.

他凭自己的意志顶住了这一诱惑。

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Bolstered by finance from the City, he resisted the lure of a foreign takeover, ultimately listing on the London Stock Exchange.

由于有来自城市的财政支持，他拒绝了外国公司收购的诱惑，最终使自己的公司在伦敦证券交易所上市。

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Faulkner resisted. He said,if you grow a vegetable, you can cut it to look like something else, but it will be dead.

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He resisted just enough to let us know there was some humanity left in the man.

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He resisted calls to have the government take controlling stakes in Citigroup and Bank of America.

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Wisely, he resisted, and built a model organization for focused and worthy donation.

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