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

• New means must of necessity be had recourse to.
  人们必然求助于新方法。
• 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。
• The states had no recourse but to await the verdict of the high tribunal.
  各州没有追索权，只能坐待高级法院的判决。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• It is wrong to claim that this offer will be emptied of content by recourse to sensitive products.
  有人声称求助于敏感产品条款将使该让步内容空洞，这种说法是错误的。