resort

villaggio turistico, località turistica

Luogo dove trascorrere le vacanze, con alloggi, attività e servizi per rilassarsi.

In inglese semplice: A place where people stay on holiday, with rooms, activities, and things to help them relax.

• We stayed at a beach resort.
• The resort has three swimming pools.
• Which ski resorts are open in April?

Sinonimi: holiday centre

Espressioni comuni: beach resort, ski resort, luxury resort, seaside resort

risorsa, ripiego, rifugio

Persona o mezzo a cui ci si rivolge per aiuto, protezione o una soluzione quando le altre possibilità falliscono.

In inglese semplice: Someone or something you turn to for help, protection, or a solution when other choices fail.

• Surgery is a last resort.
• His savings were his only resort in an emergency.
• They solved the dispute without resort to violence.

Come si usa: as a last resort (Call the emergency number only as a last resort.); have resort to something (They had resort to the courts when negotiations failed.)

Sinonimi: recourse, refuge

Espressioni comuni: last resort, resort to violence, final resort

ricorrere

Usare un’azione o un metodo sgradevole perché non si trova una scelta migliore.

In inglese semplice: To use an unpleasant action or method because you cannot find a better choice.

• Don't resort to threats.
• We resorted to borrowing money from friends.
• Why did they resort to force?

Come si usa: resort to something (They refused to resort to violence.); resort to doing something (We resorted to sleeping on the floor.)

Sinonimi: fall back on, turn to

Espressioni comuni: resort to violence, resort to force, resort to something

riordinare

Disporre nuovamente le cose in gruppi o in un certo ordine.

In inglese semplice: To arrange things into groups or order again.

• Please resort these cards.
• She resorted the names alphabetically.
• We need to resort the folders by year.

Come si usa: resort something by something (Please resort the files by date.)

Sinonimi: reorder, sort again

Espressioni comuni: resort the files, resort a list, resort by date