新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

help

英 [help]

[NOUN, VERB]

词汇频率：

NOUN. 名词

1. [U 不可数名词] 帮助
Help is something you do to make it easier for someone to do something, for example by doing part of the work for them or by giving them advice or money.
近义词
assistance
双语例句
例：
Thanks very much for your help.
非常感谢你的帮助。
2. [SING 单数型名词] 帮助解决困难的人（或物）
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.
双语例句
例：
Thank you. You've been a great help already.
谢谢你。你已经帮了很大的忙。
3. [U 不可数名词] 救命
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.
双语例句
例：
He was screaming for help.
他正高喊救命。
4. [U 不可数名词] （计算机用语）帮助
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.
双语例句
例：
If you get stuck, click on Help.
如果你碰到困难，请点击“帮助”。

PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词

help out
1. [PHRASAL 短语] 帮助…做事 , 借钱给
If you help someone out, you help them by doing some work for them or by lending them some money.
双语例句
例：
I help out with the secretarial work.
我帮着做些文秘工作。
例：
All these presents came to more money than I had, and my mother had to help me out.
我带的钱不够买这些礼物，母亲只好把钱借给我。

PHRASE. 习语

can't help something
1. 不禁
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.
双语例句
例：
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。
can't help
1. （用以使唐突语气变得婉转）不免
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.
双语例句
例：
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。
be of help
1. 有帮助
If someone or something is of help, they make a situation easier or better.
双语例句
例：
Can I be of help to you?
我能帮你什么忙吗？

VERB. 动词

helps , helping , helped
1. [I 不及物动词] 帮助
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.
双语例句
例：
He has helped to raise a lot of money.
他帮着筹到了很多钱。
例：
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. [I 不及物动词] 有助于
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.
双语例句
例：
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。
例：
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。
例：
If it would help, I'd be happy to take photographs.
如果用得着，我很乐意拍照。
3. [T 及物动词] 扶持
If you help someone go somewhere or move in some way, you give them support so that they can move more easily.
双语例句
例：
Martin helped Tanya over the rail.
马丁扶着塔尼娅翻过栏杆。
4. [T 及物动词] 自取
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.
双语例句
例：
There's bread on the table. Help yourself.
桌上有面包。你自己拿吧。
5. [T 及物动词] 偷
If someone helps themselves to something, they steal it.
双语例句
例：
Two men forced the clerks to flee before helping themselves to the cash register.
两名男子强迫店员离开，然后偷走了收银机里的钱。