resilience

/rɪˈzɪliəns/ (bre, ipa) · /rɪˈzɪliəns/ (ame, ipa) · /ri-ˈzil-yən(t)s/ (ame, mw)

resilience — 名詞

1. the ability to deal with difficult or painful experiences and continue living a

1.名詞B2
釋義

韌性；復原力

從逆境中恢復的能力

the ability to deal with difficult or painful experiences and continue living a normal life — for example, staying hopeful after losing a job, or recovering joy after the death of a loved one.

例句

Theo showed great resilience after his business failed, starting a new company the following year.

Theo 在事業失敗後展現了極大的韌性，隔年便創辦了新公司。

show + resilience + [adversity situation]

Amara's emotional resilience helped her support other patients during cancer treatment.

Amara 的情緒韌性幫助她在癌症治療期間支持其他病患。

collocation: emotional resilience

同義詞
  • fortitude

    more formal; suggests patient courage while enduring suffering

  • toughness

    less formal; focuses on not being easily hurt or discouraged

  • grit

    informal; emphasises determination and perseverance in the face of obstacles

反義詞
  • vulnerability

    the state of being easily hurt, affected, or overwhelmed

文法句型

resilience + in/of + noun

adjective + resilience

用法筆記

Often modified by adjectives such as great, remarkable, emotional, mental, or personal. As an uncountable noun, resilience is not ordinarily used with the indefinite article a.

常見錯誤

❌She has a strong resilience.
✅She has strong resilience.
💡resilience is uncountable; do not use 'a' before it.
❌Resilience means you never feel sad.
✅Resilience means you can recover from sadness, not that you avoid it.
💡resilience involves facing and overcoming difficulty, not ignoring it.

2. the property of an object that causes it to spring back to the form it had befor

2.名詞B2
釋義

彈性；回彈性

受壓變形後恢復原狀的能力

the property of an object that causes it to spring back to the form it had before being pressed, bent, or stretched — for example, a rubber band snapping back, or a pillow fluffing up again after you lift your head.

例句

The rubber band lost its resilience after being stretched too many times.

那條橡皮筋因過度拉伸而失去了彈性。

lose + resilience (of materials)

Engineers chose this alloy for its resilience under extreme heat and pressure.

工程師選擇這種合金，因為它在極端高溫和壓力下具有良好的彈性。

resilience + under + [condition]

同義詞
  • elasticity

    more specific; technically refers to the ability to stretch and return

  • springiness

    informal; describes the bouncy, spring-back quality of a material

  • flexibility

    broader; can mean bendable without necessarily springing back to shape

反義詞
  • brittleness

    the tendency to crack, snap, or break under stress rather than deform and return

文法句型

resilience + of + noun

adjective + resilience

用法筆記

This sense is common in engineering, materials science, and product reviews. The opposite quality is brittleness.

常見錯誤

❌Rubber has elasticity, not resilience.
✅Rubber has both elasticity and resilience.
💡elasticity describes the ability to stretch; resilience describes the ability to return to original shape after being stretched.