单词 | resource |
释义 | resource n.   1. an expedient or device (escape was their only resource).   2. (usu. in pl.) a the means available to achieve an end, fulfil a function, etc. b a stock or supply that can be drawn on. c US available assets.   3. (in pl.) a country's collective wealth or means of defence.   4. a leisure occupation (reading is a great resource).   5. a skill in devising expedients (a person of great resource). b practical ingenuity; quick wit (full of resource).   6. archaic the possibility of aid (lost without resource). Phrases and idioms one's own resources one's own abilities, ingenuity, etc. Derivatives resourceful adj. resourcefully adv. resourcefulness n. resourceless adj. resourcelessness n. Etymology: F ressource, ressourse, fem. past part. of OF dial. resourdre (as RE-, L surgere rise) |
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