每日一词 147 resilience

resilience 

基础篇： the ability to become strong, happy, or successful again after a difficult situation or event

例句： New Yorkers demonstrated extraordinary unity and resilience in the wake of 9/11.

进阶篇： resilience 是不可数名词，英汉字典中一般给出的解释是“还原能力、适应能力，” 但其实我们把它理解为“坚强”就好了。从英英释义可以看出，这个词强调的是能够经受考验，可以指个人、机构，可以指国家、制度。

援救工作和其他工作不一样，它需要从业者心理非常坚强。

Rescue work differs from other types of work in that it requires a tremendous level of mental resilience. 

《经济学人》用例：

在这句中，resilience的对象是民主制度，可以翻译为“对民主生命力的考验”

Yet precisely because of these pressures, Israel offers an important test of the resilience of democracy. 

Like the farmers of Western Australia, it is running out of resilience. 

根据语境，这句的 it is running out of resilience 可以理解为“已经快撑不住了。”

应用篇：

1）翻译： 当地居民在地震中展示了无比的坚强。

Local residents showed remarkable resilience during the earthquake. 

Local inhabitants demonstrate amazing resilience in the face of the earthquake. 

2) 造句：情境：念完博士之后，我的抗压力大大增强了

I increased my resilience to stress after I finished my Ph.D degree in literature.