To recover his money, Rembrandt had to resort to something he must have found deeply humiliating.

为了得到薪水，伦勃朗不得不去做某些让他深感羞辱的事。

When you resort to something, you're using this option, or this tactic, or this thing that you can do as the last option.

当你求助于某件事时， 你正在使用这个选项， 或者这个策略，或者你可以做的这件事作为最后的选择。

" Resorting to" something means turning to something or choosing to do something when you don't have any other options available – at least, that's what we typically use it to mean.

“求助于”某事意味着当你没有任何其他选择时转向某事或选择做某事——至少，这是我们通常使用它的意思。