resort

Ferienanlage, Ferienort

Ort mit Unterkünften, Freizeitangeboten und Einrichtungen zum Erholen, an dem Menschen Urlaub machen.

In einfachem Englisch: 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?

Synonyme: holiday centre

Häufige Wendungen: beach resort, ski resort, luxury resort, seaside resort

Ausweg, Zuflucht

Eine Person oder Sache, bei der man Hilfe, Schutz oder eine Lösung sucht, wenn andere Möglichkeiten scheitern.

In einfachem Englisch: 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.

So benutzt man es: 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.)

Synonyme: recourse, refuge

Häufige Wendungen: last resort, resort to violence, final resort

zurückgreifen, Zuflucht nehmen

Zu einer unangenehmen Handlung oder Methode greifen, weil man keine bessere Möglichkeit findet.

In einfachem Englisch: 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?

So benutzt man es: resort to something (They refused to resort to violence.); resort to doing something (We resorted to sleeping on the floor.)

Synonyme: fall back on, turn to

Häufige Wendungen: resort to violence, resort to force, resort to something

neu sortieren

Dinge erneut in Gruppen einteilen oder in eine bestimmte Reihenfolge bringen.

In einfachem Englisch: 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.

So benutzt man es: resort something by something (Please resort the files by date.)

Synonyme: reorder, sort again

Häufige Wendungen: resort the files, resort a list, resort by date