单词 | resource |
释义 | resource —resourceless, adj. —resourcelessness, n. /ree"sawrs, -sohrs, -zawrs, -zohrs, ri sawrs", -sohrs", -zawrs", -zohrs"/, n. 1. a source of supply, support, or aid, esp. one that can be readily drawn upon when needed. 2. resources, the collective wealth of a country or its means of producing wealth. 3. Usually, 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; < F ressource, OF ressourse, n. deriv. of resourdre to rise up < L resurgere, equiv. to re- RE- + surgere to rise up, lift; see RESURGE, SOURCE] Syn. 1, 5. resort. 5. means, contrivance, shift. 6. inventiveness, adapability, ingenuity, cleverness. |
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