resource

resource
[rɪˈsɔːs, rɪˈzɔːs]
noun
  1. (一般作 resources)a stock or supply of money, materials, staff, and other assets that can be drawn on by a person or organization in order to function effectively
    资源(指钱、物、人等)
    local authorities complained that they lacked resources.
    地方当局抱怨资源不足。
    ■(resources)a country's collective means of supporting itself or becoming wealthier, as represented by its reserves of minerals, land, and other assets
    (国家的)自然资源
    ■(resources)(N. Amer.)available assets
    (北美)现有资产,可用资源
  2. an action or strategy which may be adopted in adverse circumstances
    (逆境中的)出路;应付办法,对策
    sometimes anger is the only resource left in a situation like this.
    在那样的情形下有时除了发怒之外别无他法。
    ■(resources)one's personal attributes and capabilities regarded as able to help or sustain one in adverse circumstances
    (应付逆境的)品质和能力
    we had been left very much to our own resources.
    当时我们得主要靠自己想办法去应付。
    ■[mass noun]the ability to find quick and clever ways to overcome difficulties
    (对付困难的)急智,谋略
    a man of resource.
    足智多谋的人。
    ■a teaching aid
    教具
    ■[mass noun](archaic)the possibility of aid or assistance
    (古)受援的可能;得救的希望
    the flower of the French army was lost without resource.
    法军的精华无可挽回地沦丧了。
  3. (archaic)a leisure occupation
    (古)消遣,娱乐
verb
  1. [with obj.]provide (a person or organization) with materials, money, staff, and other assets necessary for effective operation
    为(人或机构)提供资源(钱、物、人等)
    a strategy which ensures that primary health care workers are adequately resourced.
    确保提供足够数量初级保健护理人员的策略。
派生
resourceless
adjective
resourcelessness
noun
语源
  1. early 17th cent.: from obsolete French ressourse, feminine past participle (used as a noun) of Old French dialect resourdre 'rise again, recover' (based on Latin surgere 'to rise')
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