resourcefulness
機知に富むこと
解説 Definition
機転や創意工夫の能力。困難な状況で創造的かつ効果的に対応する才能や知恵。
Resourcefulness is the ability to deal with problems in a clever and practical way by using what is available. It is often used to praise someone who stays effective in a difficult or unexpected situation. The word has a strongly positive meaning.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
resource を「資源」だけでなく「使える手段・持ち札」と広げて捉えると覚えやすいです。resourceful は「手元のものをうまく使える」、-ness でその性質を名詞化した形。つまり resourcefulness は、困った場面で知識・道具・人脈などを組み合わせて切り抜ける力。単なる intelligence が「頭の良さ」、creativity が「発想力」なのに対し、resourcefulness は「限られた条件で何とかする機転」に重点があります。show resourcefulness, admire her resourcefulness などの形で覚えると定着しやすいです。
Start from resource, not only as material, but as any useful means you can use. Resourcefulness is the ability to use what you have cleverly when the situation is difficult. Think of someone who solves problems with limited time, tools, or help.
例文
Her resourcefulness helped the team overcome many unexpected challenges.
彼女の機知はチームが予想外の課題を克服するのを助けた。
The survival expert's resourcefulness was evident in how he made tools from natural materials.
サバイバルの専門家の機知は、彼が自然の材料から道具をどのように作ったかで明らかだった。
His resourcefulness in solving problems made him an invaluable team member.
問題解決における彼の機知は彼を貴重なチームメンバーにした。
resourcefulness の類義語・関連語
類義語
resourcefulness の語源・成り立ち Etymology
resourcefulness は resourceful + -ness。resource は古フランス語 ressource、ラテン語 resurgere「再起する」に由来します。関連語は surge, resurgent で、『また立ち上がる力』が核なので、窮地で機転が利く意味へつながります。
Resourcefulness is built from resourceful and the noun suffix -ness. Resource comes through Old French from Latin resurgere, meaning "to rise again," from re- "again" and surgere "to rise." The deeper idea is of finding strength or help that lets you recover or get back up, which later became the sense of clever practical ability in difficulty. Related words include surge and resurgent.
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