3first resortwhat you will do first before you try other things 最先采取的手段
In the past, your family was the first resort when looking for a job.
过去找工作总是先找家人帮忙。
Examples from the Corpus
first resort• A number of DistrictCourts took the position on that issue that first resort should still be had to the Convention.• The family was almost certainly the first resort.• More fundamentally, many courts failed to find a basis for the first resortapproach.• The role of the state was to be changed so that it would offer help in the last rather than in the first resort.• It will be seen that this falls somewhat short of the first resort approach, which the brief does not directly address.• However, your first resort in any query concerning the verification process should be your systems verifier.
4resort to somethingformal when you must use or depend on something because nothing better is available 诉诸某事,求助于某事
without resort to something
We hope they will be able to resolve the situation without resort to force.
There are plans to turn the town into a tourist resort.
a seaside/beach resort
We stayed in a relaxed beach resort on the east coast.
a mountain resort
mountain resorts in Colorado
a lakeside resort
the popular lakeside resort of Lake Como
a holiday resort
Benidorm is a terrific holiday resort.
a ski resort
The lack of snow is causing problems for ski resorts.
a health resort
We booked ourselves into a health resort for a weekend of pure indulgence.
a popular resort
The popular seaside resort of Brighton is 40 minutes away.
a lively resort
It is a lively resort with plenty of bars and cafés.
a bustling resort (=lively and full of people)
The hotel is right in the middle of this bustling resort.
a fashionable resort
Hastings was a once fashionable resort.
resort + NOUN
a resort town/area/centre
They're only a five minute stroll away from the main resort centre with all its bars, restaurants and nightlife.
a resort hotel
There are plans for a major resort hotel and golf course to be built.
a resort complex (=a group of buildings, or a large building with many parts)
Club Hotel is part of a resort complex offering a range of facilities.
Examples from the Corpus
resort• That Government were able to carry through virtually all that legislation with hardly any resort to guillotinemotions.• When they run out of established holidays, resorts just make up their own.• In buildings of more than two storeys, wait for the fire brigade, and jump only as a last resort.• Residentialcare should not be used as a last resort.• But there is a realdanger that luckyresorts will be fully booked within hours of a good dump.• It does not deal directly with possession of weapons, nor with the legitimacy of resort to war in the first place.• Acapulco is one of Mexico's most popularresorts.• Lifttickets at most skiresorts are about $30 to $40 a day.• We were joined there by George and Marion and we all went off to a skiing resort called Gargellen.• This was not the resort of my dreams.
seaside/beach/ski etc resort• A railwaylink came to be essential for a seaside resort.• Breckenridge Ski Resort has 17 lifts and more than 130 trails.• Days 10-15 Mombasa 5 days in the gloriousbeach resort of Mombasa in the hotel of your choice.• If your summervacation plans need a lift, consider the ski resorts.• The house is situated in the seaside resort of St. Anne's-on-Sea in Lancashire and is only a short walk from the beach.• Most airlines offer packages, and a travelagent or the ski resort you have chosen can help you find others.• Waterman ski resorts, two gems in SouthernCalifornia skiing, have new owners.• Days 12-15 Mombasa At leisure in your beach resort.
resort2 ●○○ verb
1resort to somethingphrasal verbphr vSOLVE/DEAL WITH A PROBLEMto do something bad, extreme, or difficult because you cannot think of any other way to deal with a problem 采取,诉诸〔不好的事物〕
Officials fear that extremists may resort to violence.
resort to doing something• Many homelessteenagersresort to stealing when their money runs out.• As a partial solution, Combined Fleet decided to resort to a special stratagem that had already worked successfully once before.• Candidates also are resorting to personal attacks to get attention because their positions on most substantive issues are remarkably similar.• Even higher organisms resort to fermentation as an auxiliary process when the oxygen supply is insufficient.• Finally, the King could resort to borrowing.• He says he is praying for rain, but isn't yet resorting to a rain dance.• If this strategy fails, however, you then have to resort to sterner measures in the shape of video floodlights.• Many governments thus resort to financing expenditure through domestic bank borrowing and printing money, both of which are inflationary.• The Master tried both persuasion and threats but ... was compelled at length to send for a constable and resort to force.