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单词 resilience
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resiliencen.

Brit. /rᵻˈzɪlɪəns/, U.S. /rəˈzɪliəns/, /rəˈzɪljəns/
Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Probably partly a borrowing from Latin. Probably either (i) partly a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Or (iii) partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Latin resilientia ; resilient adj., -ence suffix; Latin resilient- , resiliēns , -ence suffix.
Etymology: Probably partly (i) < post-classical Latin resilientia fact of avoiding (a1540; the sense ‘action of rebounding’ is paralleled in Latin slightly later (1643 in the passage translated in quot. 1651 at resiliency n. 1); < classical Latin resilient- , resiliēns , present participle of resilīre resile v. + -ia -ia suffix1; compare -ence suffix), and partly directly < either (ii) resilient adj. (although this is first attested slightly later) or its etymon (iii) classical Latin resilient-, resiliēns: see -ence suffix. Compare later resiliency n.
I. Literal applications.
1. The action or an act of rebounding or springing back; rebound, recoil. Obsolete.
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the world > movement > impact > rebound > [noun]
reboundinga1382
reverberationc1405
rebound1440
stot1513
repercussion1553
recoil1583
resilience1626
reflection1642
refraction1653
resilition1654
backstroke1674
retro-spring1716
ricochet1740
dap1835
bounce1884
spring-back1899
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §245 Whether there be any such Resilience in Eccho's.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Resilience, a leaping or skipping back, a rebounding.
1834 S. T. Coleridge Hymn to Earth in Friendship's Offering 166 Mightier far was the joy of thy sudden resilience.
1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present i. ii. 15 The Heaviest..has its deflexions..nay at times its resiliences, its reboundings.
1866 J. Martineau Ess. Philos. & Theol. 1st Ser. 41 The heart does not always propel without resilience.
2.
a. Elasticity; the power of resuming an original shape or position after compression, bending, etc.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > pliableness > [noun] > elasticity
restitution1656
tensility1659
springiness1662
spring power1662
elasticity1664
bearing1674
spring1683
resiliency1712
resilience1807
the world > matter > physics > energy or power of doing work > [noun] > specific types of energy > energy absorbed or stored due to strain
resilience1807
strain energy1926
1807 T. Young Course Lect. Nat. Philos. I. xiii. 143 The resilience is jointly proportional to its strength and its toughness, and is measured by the product of the mass and the square of the velocity of a body capable of breaking it.
1822 J. M. Good Study Med. II. 10 The natural elasticity or resilience of the lungs.
1824 T. Tredgold Pract. Ess. Strength of Cast Iron 82 The term modulus of resilience, I have ventured to apply to the number which represents the power of a material to resist an impulsive force.
1867 C. T. F. Young Fouling Iron Ships 164 To bend back again.., if the metal possesses sufficient resilience to do so.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. IV. 470 [The skin] giving a sensation of the loss of all elasticity or resilience.
1937 Life 13 Sept. 18/2 (advt.) This Goodrich putty, made of rubber, never loses its resilience.
1990 Connoisseur Sept. 70/1 Linen as a fabric is valued for its resilience and strength.
b. Mechanics. The energy per unit volume absorbed by a material when it is subjected to strain; the value of this at the elastic limit.
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1858 W. J. M. Rankine Man. Appl. Mech. ii. iii. 330 The Resilience or Spring of a Beam is the work performed in bending it to the proof deflection.
1877 W. Thomson in Encycl. Brit. VII. 808/1 The word ‘resilience’ used without special qualification may be understood as meaning extreme resilience, or the work given back by the spring after being strained to the extreme limit within which it can be strained again and again.
1965 J. A. Cormack Definitions Strength of Materials iii. 67 Show that resilience per cubic inch in direct tension or compression may be expressed in the form f2/2E, where f is the intensity of stress induced and E is the modulus of elasticity.
2005 B. C. Punmia et al. Mech. Design vi. 215 If the load at the elastic limit..is 60 kN, calculate the elongation at elastic limit and the proof resilience.
II. Figurative uses.
3. The action of going back upon one's word. Cf. resilement n. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > [noun] > withdrawal from an engagement or promise
retraction1550
resiling1644
retractation1654
resilience1656
backing-out1819
pull-out1825
back-out1829
resilement1830
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Resilience,..a going from ones word.
4.
a. The action of revolting or recoiling from something; an instance of this. Now rare.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [noun] > avoiding an action or condition > turning aside from a course of action
divagation1560
swaya1586
deviation1603
deflection1605
recess1605
recession1614
exit1615
non-residence1615
exorbitancy1623
exorbitancea1628
exorbitationa1628
aberrancy1646
aberrance1661
variationa1662
departurea1694
resilience1838
1838 Burton's Gentleman's Mag. 2 191/1 The swelling pleasure..which the proud man feels in a cold resilience from the proffered thanks of those whom he has largely served.
1853 Methodist Q. Rev. Apr. 223 It is a resilience from old error—a reaction against decomposition—not of itself a forward movement.
1890 R. Garnett Life Milton 38 Nor can we doubt that the old Puritan fully approved his son's resilience from a church defined by Arminianism and prelacy.
1900 S. I. Woodbridge in tr. Chang Chih-Tung China's Only Hope 6 The ‘clear out the foreigner’ policy..represents a resilience from the ideas advocated in the Viceroy's book.
b. Repugnance, antagonism. Obsolete. rare.
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the mind > emotion > hatred > feeling against or a settled dislike > [noun] > mutual aversion
dissociety1602
resilience1882
1882 T. Mozley Reminisc. Oriel I. xii. 85 It was possibly a mutual resilience between him [sc. Hartley Coleridge] and people of more orderly ways that prevented him from standing at Oriel till some years after.
5. The quality or fact of being able to recover quickly or easily from, or resist being affected by, a misfortune, shock, illness, etc.; robustness; adaptability.
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the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > restoration of a person > recovery from misfortune, error, etc. > [noun] > power of
resiliency1839
resilience1857
1857 J. F. Smith & W. Howitt Cassell's Illustr. Hist. Eng. I. lx. 333/2 In their struggles with the ponderous power of England [the Scotch] discovered an invincible vigour, not only of resistance, but of resilience.
1893 Independent (N.Y.) 19 Oct. The resilience and the elasticity of spirit which I had even ten years ago.
1923 Polit. Sci. Q. 38 237 With a curious resilience which..has characterized him [sc. Gandhi] upon similar occasions before, he came back from his mourning and fasting more determined than ever.
1977 K. M. E. Murray Caught in Web of Words xvi. 309 Although he still had surprising vigour of body and mind, he had lost something of his powers of resilience.
2002 Daily Tel. 30 May 24/4 As Ernest, Alan Perrin captures the character's humour and plucky resilience, as well as his socialist chippiness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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