resort
Noun
Pronunciation
- BrE: /rɪˈzɔːt/
- NAmE: /rɪˈzɔːrt/
Explanation
B2 [countable] a place where a lot of people go on holiday 旅游胜地；度假胜地
- seaside/mountain resorts 海滨/山区度假胜地
- They spent a month at a fashionable ski resort in Switzerland. 他们在瑞士一个时尚的滑雪胜地呆了一个月。
- a popular tourist resort 受欢迎的旅游胜地
- (British English also) a popular holiday resort 受欢迎的旅游胜地
- the resort town of Byron Bay 度假小镇拜伦贝城
- destination resorts such as Atlantis in the Bahamas 巴哈马亚特兰蒂斯之类的度假胜地
Wordfinder
abroad | backpack | border | guide | passport | resort | sightseeing | tourist | travel | visa
Collocations Travel and tourism 旅游和旅游业
- Holidays/vacations 假期
- have/take (British English) a holiday/(North American English) a vacation/a break/a day off/(British English) a gap year 休假；短期休假；休一天假；休空缺年假
- go on/be on holiday/vacation/leave/honeymoon/safari/a trip/a tour/a cruise/a pilgrimage 去/在度假/休假/度蜜月/游猎/旅游/观光/乘船游览/朝圣
- go backpacking/camping/hitchhiking/sightseeing 去背包旅行/露营/搭顺风车旅行/观光游览
- plan a trip/a holiday/a vacation/your itinerary 计划旅行/假期/行程
- book accommodation/a hotel room/a flight/tickets 预订住宿/酒店房间/航班/票
- have/make/cancel a reservation/(especially British English) booking 预订；取消预订
- rent a villa/(both British English) a holiday home/a holiday cottage 租一座度假别墅/一个度假住所/一座度假小别墅
- (especially British English) hire/ (especially North American English) rent a car/bicycle/moped 租借一辆汽车/自行车/摩托自行车
- stay in a hotel/a bed and breakfast/a youth hostel/a villa/(both British English) a holiday home/a caravan 住在酒店/提供住宿和早餐的旅馆/青年旅舍/度假别墅/度假住所/旅行拖车里
- cost/charge $100 a/per night for a single/double/twin/standard/(British English) en suite room 单人房/双人房/标间/套房一晚花费/要价 100 美元
- check into/out of a hotel/a motel/your room 入住/结账离开酒店/汽车旅馆/房间
- pack/unpack your suitcase/bags 把东西装进手提箱/旅行包；取出手提箱/旅行包里的东西
- call/order room service 打电话叫/叫客房服务
- cancel/cut short a trip/holiday/vacation 取消/缩短旅程/假期
- Foreign travel 出国旅行
- apply for/get/renew a/your passport 申请/拿到/续签护照
- take out/buy/get travel insurance 获得/购买/取得旅游保险
- catch/miss your plane/train/ferry/connecting flight 赶上/错过飞机/火车/渡船/转乘航班
- fly (in)/travel in business/economy class 乘坐商务/经济舱飞行/旅行
- make/have a brief/two-day/twelve-hour stopover/(North American English also) layover in Hong Kong 在香港作短暂的/两天的/十二小时的中途停留
- experience/cause/lead to delays 遇上/引起/导致延误
- check (in)/collect/get/lose (your) (especially British English) luggage/(especially North American English) baggage 托运/取/弄丢行李
- be charged for/pay excess baggage 被收取/支付超重行李费
- board/get on/leave/get off the aircraft/plane/ship/ferry 上/下飞机/船/渡船
- taxi down/leave/approach/hit/overshoot the runway 在跑道上滑行；离开/接近/降落在/冲出跑道
- experience/hit/encounter severe turbulence 遇到强烈的气流
- suffer from/recover from/get over your jet lag/travel sickness 遭受时差反应/晕车；从时差反应/晕车恢复过来；克服时差反应/晕车
- The tourist industry 旅游业
- attract/draw/bring tourists/visitors 吸引游客
- encourage/promote/hurt tourism 鼓励/促进/损害旅游业
- promote/develop ecotourism 促进/发展生态旅游
- build/develop/visit a tourist/holiday/(especially British English) seaside/beach/ski resort 建立/开发/参观旅游/假日/海滨/海滩/滑雪胜地
- work for/be operated by a major hotel chain 就职于一家大型连锁酒店；由一家大型连锁酒店经营
- be served by/compete with low-cost/(especially North American English) low-fare/budget airlines 由廉价航空公司提供服务；与廉价航空公司竞争
- book something through/make a booking through/use a travel agent 通过旅行社预订；经旅行社代办
- contact/check with your travel agent/tour operator 联系旅行社；向旅行社咨询
- book/be on/go on a package deal/holiday/tour 预订/进行/去包价旅游
- buy/bring back (tacky/overpriced) souvenirs 购买/带回（低劣的/定价过高的）纪念品
Topics Holidays B2
[uncountable] resort to something the act of using something, especially something bad or unpleasant, because nothing else is possible 诉诸；求助；采取
synonym recourse
- BrE: /rɪˈkɔːs/
- NAmE: /ˈriːkɔːrs/
[uncountable] (formal) 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。
- There are hopes that the conflict can be resolved without resort to violence. 冲突有望不需要诉诸武力而得到解决。
the first/last/final resort the first or last course of action that you should or can take in a particular situation 应急措施；可首先（或最后）采取的手段
- Strike action should be regarded as a last resort, when all attempts to negotiate have failed. 罢工应该是最后一着，在所有的谈判努力都告失败时才使用。
- In the last resort (= in the end) everyone must decide for themselves. 最后人人都得自己作决定。
Word Origin
late Middle English (denoting something one can turn to for assistance): from Old French resortir, from re- ‘again’ + sortir ‘come or go out’. The sense ‘place frequently visited’ dates from the mid 18th cent.
Verb
Pronunciation
- BrE: /rɪˈzɔːt/
- NAmE: /rɪˈzɔːrt/
Verb Forms
- present simple I / you / we / they resort
- /rɪˈzɔːt/
- /rɪˈzɔːrt/
- he / she / it resorts
- /rɪˈzɔːts/
- /rɪˈzɔːrts/
- past simple resorted
- /rɪˈzɔːtɪd/
- /rɪˈzɔːrtɪd/
- past participle resorted
- /rɪˈzɔːtɪd/
- /rɪˈzɔːrtɪd/
- -ing form resorting
- /rɪˈzɔːtɪŋ/
- /rɪˈzɔːrtɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
resort to
resort to something
to make use of something, especially something bad, as a means of achieving something, often because there is no other possible solution诉诸；求助于；依靠
synonym recourse
- BrE: /rɪˈkɔːs/
- NAmE: /ˈriːkɔːrs/
[uncountable] (formal) 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。
- They felt obliged to resort to violence. 他们觉得有必要诉诸暴力。
- They achieved their demands without having to resort to force. 他们没有诉诸武力就实现了他们的要求。
- We had to resort to another loan from the bank. 我们不得不求助于银行的另一笔贷款。
- resort to doing something We may have to resort to using untrained staff. 我们也许只能使用未受过训练的员工了。
Reference
Diana Lea, Jennifer Bradbery. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, 10th edition. Oxford University Press, 2020.
Margaret Deuter, Jennifer Bradbery, Joanna Turnbull. 牛津高阶英汉双解词典，第 9 版. 商务印书馆, 2018.