单词 | help |
释义 | Word Frequency help(hɛlp) verb 1. to assist or aid (someone to do something), esp by sharing the work, cost, or burden of something he helped his friend to escape she helped him climb out of the boat 2. to alleviate the burden of (someone else) by giving assistance 3. (transitive) to assist (a person) to go in a specified direction help the old lady up from the chair 4. to promote or contribute to to help the relief operations 5. to cause improvement in (a situation, person, etc) crying won't help 6. (tr; preceded by can, could, etc; usually used with a negative) a. to avoid or refrain from we can't help wondering who he is b. (usually foll by it) to prevent or be responsible for I can't help it if it rains 7. to alleviate (an illness, etc) 8. (transitive) to serve (a customer) can I help you, madam? 9. (transitive; foll by to) a. to serve (someone with food, etc) (usually in the phrase help oneself) may I help you to some more vegetables? help yourself to peas b. to provide (oneself with) without permission he's been helping himself to money out of the petty cash 10. cannot help but 11. help a person off with 12. help a person on with 13. so help me noun 14. the act of helping, or being helped, or a person or thing that helps she's a great help 15. a helping 16. a. a person hired for a job; employee, esp a farm worker or domestic servant b. (functioning as singular) several employees collectively 17. a means of remedy there's no help for it exclamation 18. used to ask for assistance Derived forms helpable (ˈhelpable) adjective helper (ˈhelper) noun Word origin Old English helpan; related to Old Norse hjalpa, Gothic hilpan, Old High German helfan |
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