recourse

英 [rɪˈkɔːs]

美 [ˈriːkɔːrs]

n.  依靠; 依赖; 求助

复数：recourses　

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牛津词典

noun

• 依靠；依赖；求助
  the fact of having to, or being able to, use sth that can provide help in a difficult situation
  1. Your only recourse is legal action.
     你的唯一依靠就是诉诸法律。
  2. She made a complete recovery without recourse to surgery.
     她未做手术就完全恢复了健康。
  3. The government, when necessary, has recourse to the armed forces.
     政府在必要时可以动用军队。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 依靠;求援;诉诸
  If you achieve something withoutrecourse toa particular course of action, you succeed without carrying out that action. To haverecourse toa particular course of action means to have to do that action in order to achieve something.
  1. It enabled its members to settle their differences without recourse to war...
     这样，其成员就可以不必诉诸战争来解决分歧。
  2. The public believes its only recourse is to take to the streets.
     公众认为唯一的办法就是上街游行。

英英释义

noun

• act of turning to for assistance
  1. have recourse to the courts
  2. an appeal to his uncle was his last resort
  Synonym:resortrefuge
• something or someone turned to for assistance or security
  1. his only recourse was the police
  2. took refuge in lying
  Synonym:refugeresort

双语例句

• The doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms without recourse to spiritual or supernatural explanations.
  世界可以用科学术语解释不依赖于精神或超自然的解释。
• Left alone and separated from all earthy counsel, she had recourse to a friend and adviser.
  她孑然一人，在世间找不到人商量，她就求助于一个朋友和导师。
• Beijing's frequent recourse to command-and-control mechanisms such as price controls to fight inflation makes market reform harder.
  北京时常求助于指令加控制机制的这种做法，比如利用限价措施来抗击通货膨胀，增加了市场改革的难度。
• All citizens have recourse to justice.
  所有的公民都对司法审判享有追索权。
• The role of trust in commercial transactions is really much more complicated than our confidence in legal recourse.
  比起我们对法定追索权的信心，商业交易中的信任要复杂得多。
• It is hoped that the dispute will be settled without recourse to litigation.
  人们希望这场争议用不着求助法律诉讼就可平息。
• We hope a settlement can be reached without recourse to legal action.
  我们希望不依靠法律手段就能达成协议。
• It enabled its members to settle their differences without recourse to war
  这样，其成员就可以不必诉诸战争来解决分歧。
• In this case, it may be necessary for us to have recourse to arbitration.
  这种情况下，我们有必要求助仲裁。
• New means must of necessity be had recourse to.
  人们必然求助于新方法。