Recourse
[ 'rikɔrs ]
第5级
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n. 求援;追索权;依赖;所依靠的物[人];
💡 词根助记
re回，向后+course跑，发生→跑回来→求助
📝 例句
He tackled the knotty problem without recourse to any help.
他不依靠任何人的帮助而独立处理这一难题。
Our recourse in illness is to a doctor.
患病时我们求助于医生。
He tackled the knotty problem without recourse to any help.
他不依靠任何人的帮助而独立处理这一难题。
His only recourse was to resign.
他唯一的办法是辞职。
His last recourse was the law.
他最后的绝招是诉诸法律。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ re-谐音“阿姨”,course-课程:阿姨后面的课程要求助
※ re-前缀“反”,course-过程、路线:沿着回家的路线回来求助
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
recourse
n[U]
1 possible source of help, eg in an emergency 求助的对象（如情况紧急时）
They managed without recourse to (ie without seeking) outside help. 他们不寻求外援也能应付过去.
Your only recourse is legal action. 你只有靠诉讼了.
2 (idm 习语) have recourse to sb/sth (fml 文) turn to sb/sth for help; get help from sb/sth 求助於某人[某事物]; 获得来自某人[某事物]的援助
I hope the doctors won't have recourse to surgery. 我希望医生可别非动手术不可.
🔁 扩展释义
*[ri'kɒ:s]n. 求援, 求助, 追索权【经】 追索权相关词组: have recourse to
📖 同为「GRE」词汇
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The first settlers on the plains of America were Native Americans.
美洲平原上的首批定居者是美洲土著人。
Kunta had been seized in the forest and then hit on the head with a hard object.
孔塔在森林里被抓住以后，他的头部就被一个硬的东西打了一下。
The lawyer was brief and to the point.
律师简明扼要地说道。