resort /rɪˈzɔːt/ CET4 TEM4 ( resorting, resorted, resorts )

• 1. 

  V-I If you resort to a course of action that you do not really approve of, you adopt it because you cannot see any other way of achieving what you want. 不得不求助

  例：

  His punishing work schedule had made him resort to drugs.

  他那累人的工作日程已经使他不得不求助于毒品了。

• 2. 

  N-UNCOUNT If you achieve something without resort to a particular course of action, you succeed without carrying out that action. To have resort to a particular course of action means to have to do that action in order to achieve something. 诉诸

  例：

  Congress has a responsibility to ensure that all peaceful options are exhausted before resort to war.

  国会有责任确保在所有和平的手段用尽之后再诉诸武力。

• 3. 

  PHRASE If you do something as a last resort, you do it because you can find no other way of getting out of a difficult situation or of solving a problem. 作为最后手段

  例：

  Nuclear weapons should be used only as a last resort.

  核武器应该只被用作最后手段。

• 4. 

  N-COUNT A resort is a place where a lot of people spend their holiday. (度假) 胜地

  例：

  The ski resorts are expanding to meet the growing number of skiers that come here.

  该滑雪胜地正在扩建以应付来这里滑雪的不断增长的人数。