معنای فرهنگ لغت "مقاوم" عبارت است از:
(adj.) قادر به بهبودی سریع از شرایط دشوار. می تواند پس از فشرده شدن یا کشیده شدن به شکل یا موقعیت خود بازگردد. منعطف و سازگار.
مثال: جین علیرغم مواجهه با مشکلات متعدد، انعطاف پذیر باقی ماند و اهداف خود را دنبال کرد.
1. They were a strong, resilient people who I sensed would serve my family well.
2. Yet the sight of this resilient and beautiful girl reduced to such a state crushed his heart in a way he never knew possible.
3. The sweeping winds of the tundra took the miniature machines beyond the island, and the nanotechnology proved more resilient than expected.
4. The man-plant-beast still had an imposing figure, that of a hunter, stocky, yet resilient in its carefully packed muscles and sloping haunches.
5. Mixed in among all these resilient structures were simple, rugged houses and dilapidated mobile homes, none of them looking like they had been built or even renovated since Watergate.
6. By showing herself to be resilient and adaptable, she has once again confirmed my superior abilities in choosing a good companion, he silently congratulated himself.