英语词汇“help”的释义、区别辨析及用法例句-英语同义词词典

单词

help

例句

verb | noun

helphelp1 /help/ verb ► help

to do something that makes it easier for another person to do something:

John helped his father clean up the garage.

She is really worried, but I don't know how I can help.

► assist AWL

to help someone, especially by doing less important things so that he or she can do the rest of the job:

Citizens have a duty to assist the police.

Workers at the wildlife center assisted in the efforts to rescue the whale.

► aid AWL (formal)

to help someone to do something, especially to achieve something:

The loans aid small businesses by allowing them to grow.

Four hundred people aided in the task of cleaning up the beaches.

► give someone a hand also lend someone a hand (informal)

to help someone, especially with jobs that involve physical work:

Will you give me a hand with the dishes?

The neighbors lent us a hand when we were moving.

► support

to help and encourage someone to achieve something or during a difficult time:

Her friends and family supported her after her husband died.

Parents can support their children’s reading by enjoying books together.

➔ see encourage

verb | noun

helphelp2 /help/ noun 1 something you do to make things easier for another person► help

things you do that make it easier for another person to do something:

Do you want some help? I can carry your suitcase.

My brother needed some help with his math homework.

► assistance AWL

assistance means the same as help but is more formal:

The police are asking the public for their assistance in finding the missing women.

► support

help and encouragement that you give someone so that he or she can achieve something, or that you give to someone in a difficult time:

With my husband’s support I was able to quit smoking.

The researchers received financial support from the U.S. government.

► cooperation AWL

a situation in which people work together to help achieve something that they all want to happen:

If we want to save the environment, we need cooperation from all the countries in the world.

I need your full cooperation.

➔ see advice2 money and other things that are given to help people► help

money or other things that someone gives people who need them. Help is fairly informal in this meaning:

The college is able to give some students a little financial help.

► assistance AWL

money and other support that a government, university, or other official organization gives to help poor people. Assistance is used more often than help in this meaning:

The college gives financial assistance to students whose families have little money.

Families can sign up for the state's heat assistance program if they earn less than $30,000.

► aid AWL

money, food, medicine, or equipment that is sent to people in a difficult situation to help them:

The U.S. is sending aid to the victims of the earthquake.

► relief

aid that is sent to people because of an unexpected disaster such as a flood, earthquake, or famine (=situation in which people do not have enough food):

The government offered disaster relief to people affected by the hurricane.

➔ GRAMMAR: Relief is usually used after a noun that says what has happened: All the money people give will go to the flood relief effort.

► donation

money, goods, or supplies that you give to help an organization, without expecting to receive anything for yourself:

I made a donation to the Save A Dog Foundation to help them find homes for dogs without families.

► charity

money and other things that people give to organizations who use them to help people:

He was proud and refused to accept charity.

► handout

money or other assistance that is given to people who are poor, especially by the government. You use handout only when you disapprove of this kind of help:

I think too many people sit around waiting for government handouts, instead of looking for a job!

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