help
柯林斯词典
1. V-T/V-I If you help someone, you make it easier for them to do something, for example by doing part of the work for them or by giving them advice or money. 帮助
He has helped to raise a lot of money. 他帮着筹到了很多钱。
You can of course help by giving them a donation directly. 你当然可以通过直接给他们一笔捐赠来帮助他们。
2. N-UNCOUNT Help is also a noun. 帮助
Thanks very much for your help. 非常感谢你的帮助。
3. V-T/V-I If you say that something helps, you mean that it makes something easier to do or get, or that it improves a situation to some extent. 有助于
The right style of swimsuit can help to hide, minimize, or emphasize what you want it to. 款式得当的泳衣有助于按你的意愿掩饰、缩小或突出某些部位。
Building more bypasses will help the environment by reducing pollution and traffic jams in towns and cities. 修建更多的支路将减少城镇中的污染和交通堵塞,从而改善环境。
If it would help, I'd be happy to take photographs. 如果用得着,我很乐意拍照。
4. V-T If you help someone go somewhere or move in some way, you give them support so that they can move more easily. 扶持
Martin helped Tanya over the rail. 马丁扶着塔尼娅翻过栏杆。
5. N-SING If you say that someone or something has been a help or has been some help, you mean that they have helped you to solve a problem. 帮助解决困难的人 (或物)['a' N, also no det]
Thank you. You've been a great help already. 谢谢你。你已经帮了很大的忙。
6. N-UNCOUNT Help is action taken to rescue a person who is in danger. You shout "help!" when you are in danger in order to attract someone's attention so that they can come and rescue you. 救命
He was screaming for help. 他正尖声叫喊救命。
7. N-UNCOUNT In computing, help, or the help menu, is a file that gives you information and advice, for example about how to use a particular program. 帮助[计算机]
If you get stuck, click on Help. 如果你碰到困难,请点击“帮助”。
8. V-T If you help yourself to something, you serve yourself or you take it for yourself. If someone tells you to help yourself, they are telling you politely to serve yourself anything you want or to take anything you want. 自取
There's bread on the table. Help yourself. 桌上有面包。你自己拿吧。
9. V-T If someone helps themselves to something, they steal it. 偷[非正式]
Two men forced the clerks to flee before helping themselves to the cash register. 两名男子强迫店员跑开,然后偷走了现金出纳机里的钱。
10. PHRASE If you can't help the way you feel or behave, you cannot control it or stop it from happening. You can also say that you can't help yourself. 不禁
I can't help feeling sorry for the poor man. 我不禁为这个可怜的男子感到难过。
11. PHRASE If you say you can't help thinking something, you are expressing your opinion in an indirect way, often because you think it seems rude. (用以使唐突语气变得婉转) 不免[含糊]
I can't help feeling that this may just be another of her schemes. 我不免觉得这也许正是她的又一个诡计。
12. PHRASE If someone or something is of help, they make a situation easier or better. 有帮助
Can I be of help to you?
我能帮你什么忙吗?
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help /hɛlp/ (helping,helped,helps)
剑桥词典
- The college now has a counsellor to help students with both personal and work problems .
- We've got to enlist some people to help prepare the food .
- Could I have a glass of water to help these pills go down ?
- It's kind of you to offer to help.
- She derived great satisfaction from helping other people .
- Feel free to help yourself to coffee .
- "May I help myself to some more food ?" "Yes, of course ."
- I wish my lodger would ask before helping himself to my food .
- My daughter just helps herself to anything she fancies from my wardrobe - usually my only good clothes !
- I'm not sure whether we should be helping ourselves to these snacks - perhaps they're meant for later .
help verb (MAKE EASIER)
[ 不及物动词:后面不接宾语的动词 or 及物动词:后面接宾语的动词 ]to make it possible or easier for someone to do something, by doing part of the work yourself or by providing advice , money , support , etc.
帮助,帮忙
How can I help you? 我如何才能帮你呢?
I wonder if you could help me - I'd like some information about flights to New Zealand. 不知你能否帮我个忙——我想知道些飞往新西兰的相关航班信息。
My dad said he would help with the costs of (= give part of the cost of) buying a house . 我爸爸说他会资助我们买栋房子。
[ + obj + (to) infinitive ] The $10,000 loan from the bank helped her (to) start her own business . 10000英镑的银行贷款帮助她创办了自己的公司。
I feel that learning English will help (= improve ) my chances of promotion at work . 我觉得学英语有助于我在工作上获得提升。
Nothing can help her now (= her situation is too bad for anyone to be able to improve it). 现在没人能帮得了她。
也见 helpline
[ 不及物动词:后面不接宾语的动词 or 及物动词:后面接宾语的动词 ]
If something helps a difficult or painful situation , it improves it or makes it easier or less painful .
(使)好转;(使)缓解
The morphine didn't seem to help (the pain ). 吗啡似乎并不能缓解(疼痛)。
[ + (to) infinitive ]
If something or someone helps to do something, that thing or person is one of several reasons for it happening .
助长;构成…的因素
The drought has helped (to) make this a disastrous year for Somalia. 干旱让索马里今年祸不单行。
例句
help verb (STOP YOURSELF)
can't/couldn't helpIf you can't/couldn't help something, such as acting in a particular way or making a particular remark , you are/were not able to control or stop it.
无法抑制,禁不住(做…)
It was awful , but I couldn't help laugh ing. 这真是糟糕,可我还是忍不住大笑起来。
"Stop giggling !" "I can't help it!" “别再笑了!”“我忍不住呀!”
I can't help think ing (= my true feeling is that) she'd be better off without him. 我不禁认为如果没有他她会过得更好。
help verb (GIVE/TAKE)
[ 及物动词:后面接宾语的动词 ]to give something to someone
给予;取得
Can I help you to some more soup ? 要不要我给你再添点儿汤?
例句
help yourself
to take something for yourself
自己拿(某物)
"Might I have some more bread ?" "Please, help yourself!" “我能再吃些面包吗?”“请自便!”
习语
give/lend sb a helping handGod help sb
it can't be helped
so help me (God)