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R0180100 (rē′sôrs′, -zôrs′, rĭ-sôrs′, -zôrs′)n.1. Something that is available for use or that can be used for support or help: The local library is a valuable resource.2. often resources An available supply, especially of money, that can be drawn on when needed.3. The ability to deal with a difficult or troublesome situation effectively; resourcefulness: a person of resource.4. A means that can be used to cope with a difficult situation; an expedient: needed all my intellectual resources for the exam.5. a. resources The total means available for economic and political development, such as mineral wealth, labor force, and armaments.b. resources The total means available to a company for increasing production or profit, including plant, labor, and raw material; assets.c. Such means considered individually.

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[Obsolete French, from Old French, from feminine past participle of resourdre, to rise again, from Latin resurgere : re-, re- + surgere, to rise; see surge.]

resource

(rɪˈzɔːs; -ˈsɔːs) n1. capability, ingenuity, and initiative; quick-wittedness: a man of resource. 2. (often plural) a source of economic wealth, esp of a country (mineral, land, labour, etc) or business enterprise (capital, equipment, personnel, etc)3. a supply or source of aid or support; something resorted to in time of need4. a means of doing something; expedient[C17: from Old French ressourse relief, from resourdre to rise again, from Latin resurgere, from re- + surgere to rise] reˈsourceless adj reˈsourcelessness n

re•source

(ˈri sɔrs, -soʊrs, -zɔrs, -zoʊrs; rɪˈsɔrs, -ˈsoʊrs, -ˈzɔrs, -ˈzoʊrs)

n. 1. a source of supply, support, or aid, esp. one that can be readily drawn upon when needed: a natural resource; a commercial resource. 2. resources, the collective wealth of a country or its means of producing wealth. 3. Usu., resources. money, or any property that can be converted into money; assets. 4. Often, resources. an available means afforded by the mind or one's personal capabilities: to have resource against loneliness. 5. an action or measure to which one may have recourse in an emergency; expedient. 6. capability in dealing with a situation or in meeting difficulties: a woman of resource. [1640–50; < French ressource, Old French ressourse, n. use of feminine past participle of resourdre to rise up < Latin resurgere=re- re- + surgere to rise up, lift]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	resource - available source of wealth; a new or reserve supply that can be drawn upon when neededassets - anything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or companynatural resource, natural resources - resources (actual and potential) supplied by naturelabor resources - resources of available manpowerbread and butter, keep, livelihood, sustenance, living, support - the financial means whereby one lives; "each child was expected to pay for their keep"; "he applied to the state for support"; "he could no longer earn his own livelihood"financial backing, financial support, funding, backing, support - financial resources provided to make some project possible; "the foundation provided support for the experiment"ways and means - resources available to meet expenses (especially legislation for raising revenue for a government)
	2.	resource - a source of aid or support that may be drawn upon when needed; "the local library is a valuable resource"asset, plus - a useful or valuable qualityaid, assistance, help - a resource; "visual aids in teaching"recourse, refuge, resort - something or someone turned to for assistance or security; "his only recourse was the police"; "took refuge in lying"resourcefulness - the quality of being able to cope with a difficult situation; "a man of great resourcefulness"inner resource - a resource provided by the mind or one's personal capabilities; "to have an inner resource against loneliness"
	3.	resource - the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems; "a man of resource"resourcefulness, imaginationcleverness, ingeniousness, ingenuity, inventiveness - the power of creative imaginationarmory, armoury, inventory - a collection of resources; "he dipped into his intellectual armory to find an answer"

resource

noun1. supply, fund, source, reserve, pool, reservoir, stockpile, hoard a great resource of teaching materials2. facility, help, service, benefit, aid, advantage The directory is a valuable resource.3. means, course, resort, device, expedient The only resource left to allay her husband's pain was opium.plural noun1. funds, means, holdings, money, capital, wherewithal, riches, materials, assets, wealth, property They do not have the resources to feed themselves properly.2. reserves, supplies, stores, stocks We are overpopulated, straining the earth's resources.

resource

noun1. That to which one turns for help when in desperation:recourse, refuge, resort.2. The ability and the means to meet situations effectively.Often used in plural:resourcefulness, wherewithal.3. All things, such as money, property, or goods, having economic value.Used in plural:asset (used in plural), capital, fortune, mean (used in plural), wealth, wherewithal.

Translations

资源办法应变能力智谋物力财力

resource

(rəˈzoːs) , ((American) ˈri:zo:rs) noun1. (usually in plural) something that gives help, support etc when needed; a supply; a means. We have used up all our resources; We haven't the resources at this school for teaching handicapped children. 財力物力 物力财力对策，办法 2. (usually in plural) the wealth of a country, or the supply of materials etc which bring this wealth. This country is rich in natural resources. 資源 资源3. the ability to find ways of solving difficulties. He is full of resource. 機智，應變能力 智谋，应变能力 reˈsourceful adjective good at finding ways of solving difficulties, problems etc. 有辦法的，善於應變的 足智多谋的reˈsourcefully adverb 善於應變地 机智地reˈsourcefulness noun 善於應變 机智

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