re·sort /rɪˈzɔrt/
(v.)求助,訴諸,採取,憑借常去,常去的地方,勝地
Re·sort, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Resorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Resorting.]
1. To go; to repair; to betake one's self.
What men name resort to him? --Shak.
2. To fall back; to revert. [Obs.]
The inheritance of the son never resorted to the mother, or to any of her ancestors. --Sir M. Hale.
3. To have recourse; to apply; to one's self for help, relief, or advantage.
The king thought it time to resort to other counsels. --Clarendon.
Re·sort n. Active power or movement; spring. [A Gallicism] [Obs.]
Some . . . know the resorts and falls of business that can not sink into the main of it. --Bacon.
Re·sort n.
1. The act of going to, or making application; a betaking one's self; the act of visiting or seeking; recourse; as, a place of popular resort; -- often figuratively; as, to have resort to force.
Join with me to forbid him her resort. --Shak.
2. A place to which one betakes himself habitually; a place of frequent assembly; a haunt.
Far from all resort of mirth. --Milton.
3. That to which one resorts or looks for help; resource; refuge.
Last resort, ultimate means of relief; also, final tribunal; that from which there is no appeal.
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resort
n 1: a hotel located in a resort area [syn: resort hotel, holiday
resort]
2: a frequently visited place [syn: haunt, hangout, repair,
stamping ground]
3: something or someone turned to for assistance or security;
"his only recourse was the police"; "took refuge in lying"
[syn: recourse, refuge]
4: act of turning to for assistance; "have recourse to the
courts"; "an appeal to his uncle was his last resort"
[syn: recourse, refuge]
v 1: have recourse to; "The government resorted to rationing
meat" [syn: fall back, recur]
2: move, travel, or proceed toward some place; "He repaired to
his cabin in the woods" [syn: repair]