1
- a place that is a popular destination for holidays or recreation, or which is frequented for a particular purpose度假胜地; 常去之处：
a seaside resort
海滨度假胜地
a health resort.
疗养胜地。
1.1
- mass noun archaic the tendency of a place to be frequented by many people〈古〉（地方）吸引许多人常来的特性：
places of public resort.
公众常去之地。
2
- mass noun the action of turning to and adopting a strategy or course of action, especially a disagreeable or undesirable one, so as to resolve a difficult situation（尤指面临难局时对不可取、不喜欢的手段、策略、行动等的）求助, 采取, 凭借, 诉诸：
Germany and Italy tried to resolve their economic and social failures by resort to fascism.
德国和意大利企图凭借法西斯主义解决经济和社会难题。
2.1
- in sing. a strategy or course of action that may be adopted in a difficult situation（面临困难局面时）采用的策略（或办法、手段等）：
her only resort is a private operation.
她惟一的办法是私下作个手术。
no obj. (resort to)
1
- turn to and adopt (a strategy or course of action, especially a disagreeable or undesirable one) so as to resolve a difficult situation求助于; 采取, 诉诸（尤指不可取的策略、方法、手段）：
the duke was prepared to resort to force if negotiation failed.
如果谈判失败, 公爵准备诉诸武力。
2
- formal go often or in large numbers to〈正式〉常去; （成群结队地）去：
local authorities have a duty to provide adequate sites for gypsies 'residing in or resorting to' their areas.
地方当局有义务为住在当地或常去当地的吉卜赛人提供能满足其需求的场所。
短语
as a first（或last 或final）resort
- before anything else is attempted (or when all else has failed)作为第一招, 作为一开始就采取的行动（或最后一招, 作为万不得已时所采取的行动）。
in the last resort
- ultimately最后, 在没有其他办法时：
in the last resort what really moves us is our personal convictions.
最终策励我们行动的是我们的个人信念。
ORIGIN: suggested by French en dernier ressort.
派生词
resorter
noun词源
late Middle English (denoting something one can turn to for assistance)： from Old French resortir, from re- 'again' + sortir 'come or go out'. The sense 'place frequently visited' dates from the mid 18th cent.