recourse

recurso, remedio

Persona, cosa o medio al que se acude para resolver un problema.

En inglés sencillo: Someone or something you turn to for help when you have a problem.

• Our only recourse was to call the police.
• Customers have little recourse when the seller disappears.
• Do we have any legal recourse?

Cómo se usa: recourse to someone/something (They had no recourse to outside help.)

Sinónimos: remedy, resort

Expresiones frecuentes: only recourse, last recourse, recourse to something

recurso

Acción de acudir a alguien o recurrir a algo para obtener ayuda o consejo.

En inglés sencillo: The act of turning to someone or something for help or advice.

• She had recourse to a lawyer.
• They settled the dispute without recourse to the courts.
• Recourse to expert advice saved us time.

Cómo se usa: have recourse to someone/something (We had recourse to outside advice.); without recourse to something (They resolved the problem without recourse to violence.)

Sinónimos: appeal, resort

Expresiones frecuentes: have recourse to, without recourse to, recourse to someone