resort

柯林斯詞典

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
His punishing work schedule had made him resort to drugs. 他那累人的工作日程已經(jīng)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. 訴諸
Congress has a responsibility to ensure that all peaceful options are exhausted before resort to war. 國(guó)會(huì)有責(zé)任確保在所有和平的手段用盡之后再訴諸武力。
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. 作為最后手段
Nuclear weapons should be used only as a last resort. 核武器應(yīng)該只被用作最后手段。
4. N-COUNT A resort is a place where a lot of people spend their holiday. (度假) 勝地
The ski resorts are expanding to meet the growing number of skiers that come here. 該滑雪勝地正在擴(kuò)建以應(yīng)付來(lái)這里滑雪的不斷增長(zhǎng)的人數(shù)。

Rimini is a thriving holiday resort on the east coast of Italy.
The resort is easily accessible by road , rail and air .
The resort is frequented by the rich and famous .
The coastal resorts are deserted in winter .
There has been an increase in outbound traffic leaving London airport for the Mediterranean resorts.