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。
Extra ExamplesCitizens 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
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- constant
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- have
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- by recourse to
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- recourse available to somebody
Word Originlate Middle English (also in the sense ‘running or flowing back’): from Old French recours, from Latin recursus, from re- ‘back, again’ + cursus ‘course, running’.