(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
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。
(archaic)a leisure occupation (古)消遣,娱乐
verb
[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。
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')