1. 诉诸;采取
    If you resort to a course of action that you do not really approve of, you adopt it because you cannot see any other way of achieving what you want.

    e.g. His punishing work schedule had made him resort to drugs...
           异常紧张的工作安排使他开始吸毒。
    e.g. Some schools have resorted to recruiting teachers from overseas.
           有些学校不得不开始从海外招收老师。

2. 采取;凭借;诉诸;求助
    If you achieve something without resort to a particular course of action, you succeed without carrying out that action. To have resort to a particular course of action means to have to do that action in order to achieve something.

    e.g. Congress has a responsibility to ensure that all peaceful options are exhausted before resort to war.
           国会有责任确保只有在所有和平手段都不奏效的情况下才会诉诸战争。

3. (度假)胜地
    A resort is a place where a lot of people spend their holidays.

    e.g. ...the ski resorts.
           滑雪胜地

4. 最后的办法;最终手段
    If you do something as a last resort, you do it because you can find no other way of getting out of a difficult situation or of solving a problem.

    e.g. Nuclear weapons should be used only as a last resort...
           不到万不得已时不能选择使用核武器。
    e.g. As a last resort you may have to accept their point of view.
           最终，你可能不得不接受他们的观点。

5. 最终
    You use in the last resort when stating the most basic or important fact that will still be true in a situation whatever else happens.

    e.g. They would in the last resort support their friends whatever they did.
           无论他们的朋友做了什么，他们最终都会支持他们的朋友。