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.
雙語例句
1. A country's principal resource is its brainpower.
一個國家的首要資源是其人才資源。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Water is becoming an increasingly precious resource.