recourse
noun /rɪˈkɔːs/
/ˈriːkɔːrs/
[uncountable] (formal)- the fact of having to, or being able to, use something that can provide help in a difficult situation
依靠；依赖；求助 - Your only recourse is legal action.
你的唯一依靠就是诉诸法律。 - recourse to something The government, when necessary, has recourse to the armed forces.
政府在必要时可以动用军队。 - without recourse to something She made a complete recovery without recourse to surgery.
她未做手术就完全恢复了健康。
- Citizens have learned that they do have recourse against governments.
公民已认识到他们有向政府求偿的权利。 - Drivers have little recourse but to wait until the weather clears.
司机们除了等待天气放晴外别无他法。 - I have no other recourse than to inform the police.
除了告知警察外我别无选择。 - She often had recourse to her dictionary.
她经常求助于词典。 - The mother of an illegitimate child had no legal recourse to the father.
在法律上，私生子的母亲对孩子的父亲无求偿权。 - The study of these creatures has been conducted without direct recourse to living specimens.
对这些生物的研究是在未直接利用活体标本的情况下进行的。 - Their system of dispute resolution avoids recourse to the courts.
他们处理纠纷的体制使之不必诉诸法庭。 - There is no recourse available to the victim.
受害人无处可获得帮助。 - They tried to settle the dispute without recourse to the courts.
他们试图不通过法庭解决这一争端。 - a charity for women with no recourse to public funds
为不能得到公共基金资助的妇女建立的慈善机构 - people who deal with emotional pain by recourse to drugs and alcohol
靠毒品和酒精缓解感情痛苦的人 - workers who have no recourse to trade unions
得不到工会帮助的工人
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- constant
- frequent
- limited
- …
- have
- seek
- avoid
- …
- by recourse to
- with (no) recourse to
- without recourse to
- …
- recourse available to somebody
词源late Middle English (also in the sense ‘running or flowing back’): from Old French recours, from Latin recursus, from re- ‘back, again’ + cursus ‘course, running’. - Your only recourse is legal action.