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

• 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。
• She made a complete recovery without recourse to surgery.
  她未做手术就完全恢复了健康。
• Others worry that creditors of failing financial firms have no judicial recourse.
  其他人则担心这些企业的债权人将失去依法求偿的权利。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I'd prefer to buy the house myself without recourse to my parents.
  我更喜欢靠自己的力量买房子，而不是去求助我的父母。
• Nothing in this Convention shall prejudice any right of recourse of the owner against third parties.
  本公约不得影响船舶所有人对第三方任何追索权。
• He had recourse to every superstition of sortilege, clairvoyance, presentiment, and dreams.
  他求助于各种迷信的方式，如抽签、千里眼、预感和解梦等。