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

• 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。
• New means must of necessity be had recourse to.
  人们必然求助于新方法。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• She made a complete recovery without recourse to surgery.
  她未做手术就完全恢复了健康。
• 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。
• 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。
• It is, for example, responsible for product liability and other customer rights of recourse.
  例如，对产品责任和客户请求负责。
• He tackled the knotty problem without recourse to any help.
  他不依靠任何人的帮助而独立处理这一难题。