单词 | resilience |
释义 | resiliencen. I. Literal applications. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1626 |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。