recourse

英 [rɪˈkɔːs]

美 [ˈriːkɔːrs]

n.  依靠; 依赖; 求助

复数：recourses　

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Collins.1 / BNC.8741 / COCA.11337

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

• Such security or equivalent assurance shall not unreasonably deter recourse to these procedures.
  此类保证金或同等的担保不得无理阻止对这些程序的援用。
• Where the holder is an endorser, he has no right of recourse against the subsequent parties.
  持票人为背书人的，对其后手无追索权。
• Noting that a number of developing country Members have recourse to preshipment inspection;
  注意到一些发展中国家成员求助于装运前检验；
• If so, what is your recourse if the contract is breached?
  如果满意，如果（对反）违反合同，你有什么追索权？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。