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re·sort /rɪˈzɔːt/ vi. | n. | phr.
I vi.
1. 〈书〉(尤指成群结队地)前往；常去(to)
resort to the shrine by the hundreds 成百上千地去朝圣
The police watched the cafés to which the wanted man was known to resort. 警察监视该通缉犯经常出没其中的各家咖啡馆。
2. 求助；凭借；采用，诉诸(to)
resort to sb. for help 向某人求援
resort to stealing when in poverty 穷困中靠行窃度日
resort to punishment to make a child obey 采用惩罚叫孩子听话
If persuasion won't work, we may have to resort to force. 如果说服工作不见效，我们可能只得诉诸武力。
Owing to the cost of animal protein, the poor world is forced to resort almost entirely to plant protein. 由于动物蛋白价格昂贵，穷苦世界的人民几乎只好全靠植物蛋白为生了。
II n.
1. 成群结队的前往；常去；常去的人群
a popular place of (或 a place of popular) resort 人们常去的地方
The grass growing in the chinks showed the pavement had not been worn by any multitudinous resort of business lately. 砖缝中长出了草，说明人行道上近来没有熙来攘往的买卖人践踏。
2. 常去之地；胜地
The park is one of his favourite resorts. 这公园是他最喜欢常去的地方之一。
a holiday (mountain) resort 度假(山区)胜地
a seaside resort area 海滨胜地
3. 求助；凭借；采用，诉诸
have resort to sb. 向某人求援
pass an examination without resort to cheating 不靠作弊通过考试
forbid the resort to harsh measures 禁止采用严酷措施
have resort to force 诉诸武力
There was still resort to violence at some places. 有些地方还有暴力活动。
4. 求助(或凭借)对象；采用的手段(或办法)
Good friends are the best resort in trouble. 好朋友是患难之际最可信的依靠。
an employer of first (last) resort 首先(万不得已时)提供就业机会的雇主
Repetition of the experiment was the only resort. 唯有把实验重做一遍这条路了。
Knitting and watching television are her resorts when she is alone. 她单独一人的时候常以编织看电视聊解孤寂。
[< OFr resortir to come out again < RE- + sortir to emerge] phr. as a (或 in the) last resort 见 last resort |