odpierać in English:

I don't watch a lot of movies, but I can't resist a good documentary.

resist change

Give me the strength to resist the temptation. / 2. There are always those who resist progress. / 3. You resist what can bring you peace. / 4. I'm pretty sure I can resist you.

However long it takes; we will resist the enemy and we will never give up.

Couldn't resist telling the dentist "yeh it makes me feel numb" when he asked me did I have any problems with local anaesthetic.

Let's resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long.

We, ACME Ltd., hereby announce that we will resist with all our strength this hostile takeover.

Even though we resist this by all means — it is a fact.

I resist being tempted to spend a lot of money on clothes.

Children usually resist their parents' tyranny, rebel against them and eventually confront them. I couldn't resist buying such a beautiful dress.

They are determined to resist pressure to change the law. / The bank strongly resisted cutting interest rates. / I can never resist the urge to laugh.

Learn the rules of rugby and you will be unable to resist it

The ​soldiers resisted (the ​enemy ​attacks) for two ​days. I can never resist ​temptation/​chocolate/the ​urge to ​laugh. The ​party ​leader resisted ​demands for his ​resignation.

This material resists water very well. This material is highly water resistant. This is an extremely water-resistant material. This material has very good resistance to water. his material has excellent water resistance.

... to counter Chinese influence

A great way to counter an objection is saying 'yes'

USA sent extra troops to counter the raising violence.

South America is looking for ways to counteract the deadly Zika virus.

What we can do to counter this and it's not going to be by just positive thinking.

in order to counter climate change

Frappier told CNN that his laptop, which was in the bag he was carrying on his back, managed to deflect a bullet.

... designed to distract and deflect.