resort

リゾート、保養地

宿泊施設や遊び、くつろぐための設備がある、休暇を過ごす場所。

やさしい英語で： 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?

類義語： holiday centre

よく使う表現： beach resort, ski resort, luxury resort, seaside resort

手段、頼みの綱

他の方法がうまくいかないとき、助けや保護、解決を求めて頼る人やもの。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： 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.)

類義語： recourse, refuge

よく使う表現： last resort, resort to violence, final resort

頼る、訴える

よりよい方法が見つからず、望ましくない行動や手段を使う。

やさしい英語で： 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?

使い方： resort to something (They refused to resort to violence.); resort to doing something (We resorted to sleeping on the floor.)

類義語： fall back on, turn to

よく使う表現： resort to violence, resort to force, resort to something

並べ替え直す、分類し直す

ものをもう一度、種類ごとに分けたり順番に並べたりする。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： resort something by something (Please resort the files by date.)

類義語： reorder, sort again

よく使う表現： resort the files, resort a list, resort by date