The connotation of shield tunnel structure resilience was discussed in this paper, based on the adaptive cycling theory and characteristics of structural entire disaster process. Additionally, structural performance evaluation indexes and analysis model were proposed according to structural performance allowances. Moreover resilience grading criteria based on structural performance, restoration cost and affected time were presented. Furthermore, a comprehensive resilience evaluation method for shield tunnel structures of the entire disaster process was proposed, using the analytic hierarchy process and expert confidence index method to establish a comprehensive resilience index evaluation system and determine the weights of indexes. Finally, the reasonableness of this strategy was demonstrated using an engineering field case.