| 单词 | assist |
| 释义 | assist (once / 48 pages) vn You run up the field, pass the ball to the forward and she scores! It’s your third assist of the game. On and off the soccer field, to assist is to help or contribute. The English word assist came to us in the early 15th century from the French word assister, meaning to "to stand by or help.” The French word is pronounced "ah-sis-tay" and is not to be confused with "a sister." Even if your sister is helpful. WORD FAMILYassist: assistance, assistant, assisted, assisting, assistive, assists+/assistance: assistances/assistant: assistants/assisted: unassisted USAGE EXAMPLESNotre Dame’s Lindsay Allen began the game ranked No. 8 nationally with an average of 7.2 assists and finished the game with eight. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) He finished with 11 assists, six rebounds, two steals and just one turnover. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office, fire department first responders, the Walton Sheriff’s Office, the Coast Guard and others assisted in searching for the man. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1v give help or assistance; be of service Syn|Hypo|Hyper aid, help alleviate, ease, facilitate make easier attend, attend to, serve, wait onwork for or be a servant to benefacthelp as a benefactor help outbe of help, as in a particular situation of need subservebe helpful or useful succor, succourhelp in a difficult situation expedite, hastenspeed up the progress of; facilitate availbe of use to, be useful to care, give careprovide care for bootstraphelp oneself, often through improvised means dry-nursetake care of an infant without breastfeeding it valetserve as a personal attendant to attend, look, see, take caretake charge of or deal with fuss, mother, overprotectcare for like a mother nurseserve as a nurse; care for sick or handicapped people fagact as a servant for older boys, in British public schools back up, support give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to 2v work for or be a servant to Is a salesperson assisting you? Syn|Hypo|Hyper attend, attend to, serve, wait on serve devote (part of) one's life or efforts to, as of countries, institutions, or ideas valet serve as a personal attendant to fagact as a servant for older boys, in British public schools aid, help give help or assistance; be of service 3v act as an assistant in a subordinate or supportive function Hypo|Hyper protect use tariffs to favor domestic industry abetassist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing work exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity 4n the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose he gave me an assist with the housework Syn|Hypo|Hyper aid, assistance, help self-help the act of helping or improving yourself without relying on anyone else facilitationact of assisting or making easier the progress or improvement of something hand, helping handphysical assistance recourse, refuge, resortact of turning to for assistance thankswith the help of or owing to ministration, relief, succor, succourassistance in time of difficulty liftthe act of giving temporary assistance servicean act of help or assistance accommodationthe act of providing something (lodging or seat or food) to meet a need boost, encouragementthe act of giving hope or support to someone comfortassistance, such as that provided to an enemy or to a known criminal supportaiding the cause or policy or interests of servicethe performance of duties by a waiter or servant child care, childcarea service involving care for other people's children community servicean unpaid service for the benefit of the public that is performed by lawbreakers as part (or all) of their sentence community service, public servicea service that is performed for the benefit of the public or its institutions help desk, helpdeska service that provides information and assistance to the users of a computer network seatingthe service of ushering people to their seats morale booster, morale buildinganything that serves to increase morale comfort, consolation, solacethe act of consoling; giving relief in affliction adherence, adhesion, attachmentfaithful support for a cause or political party or religion advocacy, protagonismactive support of an idea or cause etc.; especially the act of pleading or arguing for something sponsorshipthe act of sponsoring (either officially or financially) endorsement, indorsementthe act of endorsing approval, approving, blessingthe formal act of approving reassurancethe act of reassuring; restoring someone's confidence mercyalleviation of distress; showing great kindness toward the distressed activity any specific behavior 5n (sports) the act of enabling another player to make a good play Hyper maneuver, manoeuvre, play a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill |
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