1610s, "means of supplying a want or deficiency," from French resourse "a source, spring," noun use of fem. past participle of Old French resourdre "to rally, raise again," from Latin resurgere "rise again" (see resurgent). Resources "a country's wealth" first recorded 1779.
resource (v.)
1975, from resource (n.). Related: Resourced; resourcing.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. A country's principal resource is its brainpower.
一個(gè)國(guó)家的首要資源是其人才資源。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. Water is becoming an increasingly precious resource.