单词日记：resilience

resilience 也可写成 resiliency

noun[U]

1、the ability of people or things to feel better quickly after sth unpleasant, such as shock, injury, etc.  快速恢复的能力；适应力

2、the ability of a substance to return to its original shape after it has been bent, stretched or pressed  还原能力；弹力。

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I thought resilience was the capacity to endure pain, so I asked Adam how I could figure out how much I had. He explained that our amount of resilience isn't fixed, so I should be asking instead how I could become resilient. Resilience is the strength and speed of our response to adversity—— and we can build it. It isn't about having a backbone. It's about strengthening the muscles around our backbone.

我原以为适应力就是承受痛苦的能力，所以我问Adam怎样才能弄清楚我有多少适应力。他说我们无法确定我们有多少适应力，所以我换了一种问法，我怎样才能成为有适应力的人。适应力是我们在困境中反应的力量和速度——我们可以增强它。它不是关于毅力的，它是关于强化围绕我们脊椎的肌肉的。

                                  ——摘自《Option B》

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resilient adj.

1、可迅速恢复的，有适应力的

He'll get over it ——young people are amazingly resilient.

他会克服的，年轻人的适应力惊人。

2、有弹性（或弹力）的；能复原的

resiliently  adv.

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