to make use of sth, especially sth bad, as a means of achieving sth, often because there is no other possible solution 诉诸；求助于；依靠 SYN recourse
They felt obliged to resort to violence.
他们觉得有必要诉诸暴力。
resort to doing sth
We may have to resort to using untrained staff.
我们也许只能使用未受过训练的员工了