| 单词 | recourse |
| 释义 | recourse (once / 889 pages) n Recourse is a source of help. If you're failing trigonometry in spite of studying until your brain hurts, you may have no recourse but to hire a tutor. Recourse comes from the Latin word recursus, meaning “to run back or retreat.” People seek recourse from such difficulties as debt, illness and legal woes, so you can think of recourse as the words "retreating from curses" squished together. For the record, though, the cursus in recursus means course, not curse. Actually, no one knows where the word curse comes from. There may be some connection between cursus and curses, but then again, there may not be. WORD FAMILYrecourse: recourses+/course: coursed, courses, coursing, recourse/coursing: coursings USAGE EXAMPLESThat means changing your wife’s family or staying home — i.e., the unwavering “no!” — isn’t your only recourse. Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016) And no serious constitutional recourse seems to remain. Washington Post(Dec 19, 2016) “There’s no recourse from the state on what they’re doing to people’s lives. That’s my biggest problem with all of this.” The Guardian(Dec 18, 2016) 1n act of turning to for assistance have recourse to the courts Syn|Hyper refuge, resort aid, assist, assistance, help the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose 2n something or someone turned to for assistance or security his only recourse was the police Syn|Hypo|Hyper refuge, resort shadow refuge from danger or observation resource a source of aid or support that may be drawn upon when needed |
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