resourceful
UK/ri'sɒ:sful/US
GREC2
Definitions
adj.
Good at finding clever and practical ways to deal with problems.
足智多谋的，善于应变的。
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedresourceagain, back
+
-fulorigin, spring, fountain
=resourceful
resource + -ful (full of) = 'full of resources.' Applied to a person, it means quick to find solutions — someone who always has an inner spring of ideas to draw on when others run dry.
Common Collocations
- 1.resourceful person足智多谋的人
- 2.highly resourceful极有应变力的
- 3.prove resourceful展现出机智
- 4.resourceful and adaptable机智又灵活
Example Sentences
- 1.
A resourceful child can turn an empty box into a spaceship.
- 2.
She proved resourceful when the original plan fell apart.
- 3.
Resourceful travelers find a way even without a map.
Easily Confused
resourceful vs intelligent — intelligent is about raw mental ability; resourceful is about practical cleverness under constraints. A brilliant person can be impractical; a resourceful one makes do with whatever's at hand. Test: book-smart → intelligent; gets it done with little → resourceful.