resource

ressource

Quelque chose de disponible et d’utile pour accomplir ce dont on a besoin.

En anglais simple : Something useful that is available to help you do what you need to do.

• Water is a precious resource.
• We lack the resources to finish the work.
• This website is a useful resource for students.

Synonymes : asset, supply

Expressions courantes : a useful resource, natural resource, a valuable resource, resource management

ingéniosité, débrouillardise

Capacité à trouver des solutions dans des situations difficiles.

En anglais simple : The ability to find ways of dealing with difficult situations.

• She is a woman of resource.
• His courage and resource helped us escape.
• The captain showed great resource when the engine failed.

Comment l'utiliser : a person of resource (We needed a person of resource to handle the crisis.)

Synonymes : resourcefulness, ingenuity, initiative

Expressions courantes : person of resource, woman of resource, man of resource

doter, financer

Fournir l’argent, le personnel, le matériel ou les équipements nécessaires à quelque chose.

En anglais simple : To provide the money, staff, equipment, or materials needed for something.

• We must resource the project properly.
• The new service was poorly resourced.
• Can the department resource another research team?

Comment l'utiliser : resource something with something (The council resourced the center with trained staff.)

Synonymes : equip, supply, fund

Expressions courantes : resource a project, resource a team, resource something properly