1[intransitiveI, transitiveT]HELP to make it possible or easier for someone to do something by doing part of their work or by giving them something they need 幫助,幫忙
If there’s anything I can do to help, just give me a call.
如果需要我幫忙,就給我打個電話。
help somebody (to) do something
I helped her to carry her cases up the stairs.
我幫她把箱子拎上了樓。
She helped him choose some new clothes.
她幫他挑了一些新衣服。
herbal products that help you to relax and sleep
有助於放鬆和睡眠的草藥産品
help (to) do something
She was coming to help clean the machines.
她要來幫忙擦洗機器。
help somebody with something
Can I help you with the washing up?
我來幫你洗碗好嗎?
My father said he’s going to help me with the fees.
父親說費用問題他會幫我解決的。
help somebody on/off with something (=help someone put on or take off a piece of clothing) 幫某人穿/脫衣服
Here, let me help you on with your coat.
來,我幫你穿上外套吧。
help somebody somewhere (=help someone get to a particular place, especially because they are old, ill, or hurt) 幫助某人去某地〔尤指受助者年老、生病或受傷等〕
She helped the old man across the road.
她攙扶老人過馬路。
2[intransitiveI, transitiveT]IMPROVE to make a situation better, easier, or less painful 使〔形勢〕改善,使好轉;減輕〔痛苦〕
Crying won’t help.
哭是無濟於事的。
If you get rid of your car you could be helping the environment.
假如你處理掉汽車,說不定會有助於改善環境。
It helps my concentration if I listen to music while I’m working.
我工作時聽音樂更容易集中思想。
It helped a lot to know that someone understood how I felt.
知道有人理解我的感受,我感覺好多了。
Eight hours of deep sleep helped enormously.
八小時的酣睡非常有好處。
3help yourself (to something)
a)to take some of what you want, without asking permission – used especially when offering food to someone 自己取(食物等)
Obviously he had been helping himself to the money.
他顯然一直在偷錢。
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help yourself (to something)• Weary and wet, sustained by blessedtea, we helped each other with the tents.• Children may be referred by teachers or parents or may even ask for help themselves.• Group members may well help each other by pointing out to another where and what a problem might be.• I just couldn't help myself.• I mean, you couldn't help yourselves.• If you can not help yourself ...• And there are things people can do now to help themselves, new things, and newer things.• Go ahead and help yourselves to a drink.• She helped herself to some money she found lying around.• Lilyhelped herself to the two smallest slices and a generousportion of the crispybrownbubble and squeak.
5somebody can’t help (doing) something (also somebody can’t help but do something) used to say that someone is unable to change their behaviour or feelings, or to prevent themselves from doing something 某人忍不住做某事,某人不能停止做某事
She couldn’t help it if she was being irrational.
她不理智的時候自己也無法控制。
‘Stop biting your nails.’ ‘I can’t help it.’
“别咬指甲啦。”“我忍不住。”
I can’t help the way I feel about you.
我無法抑制對你的感情。
Lee could not help but agree with her.
李只得同意了她。
somebody can’t help feeling/thinking/wondering etc something
I can’t help feeling that there has been a mistake.
我總覺得什麽地方出了錯。
I couldn’t help thinking about the past.
我不禁回想起過去。
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can’t help it• I tried not to cry but I just couldn't help it.• "Stop walking up and down like that!" "I can't help it - I'm really nervous."• He can't help it if they didn't understand what he was telling them to do.
6I couldn’t help myself/she couldn’t help herself etcto be unable to stop yourself from doing something you should not do 我/她等忍不住[無法控制自己]
She knew she sounded just like her mother but she couldn’t help herself.
她知道自己的語氣與母親一模一樣,但就是無法控制自己。
7it can’t be helpedspokenCAN'T used to say that there is nothing you can do to change a bad situation 無法避免;沒辦法
She said she had to leave him for a while; it couldn’t be helped.
她說她不得不暫時離開他;那是沒辦法的事。
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it can’t be helped• It's not an idealsolution, but it can't be helped.
8.somebody is helping the police with their enquiriesBritish EnglishBrE the police are interviewing someone about a crime, especially because they believe that this person may have committed the crime 某人在協助警方調查
9a helping handHELPSUPPORT A PERSON, GROUP, OR PLANhelp and support 援手,幫助
give/lend/offer etc somebody a helping hand
She’s been giving me a helping hand with the children.
她一直在幫我照顧孩子。
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give/lend/offer etc somebody a helping hand• Britain's champion in the sport has been lending a helping hand.• Even with housed animals they normally gave their husbands a helping hand.• The Basques, romantics to a man, believed that Fate would give Biarritz a helping hand.• A few guidelines are all that is needed: Be considerate of others, give a helping hand, be safe.• The one giving the helping hand looked at me and Thorpey but that was all.• He wasn't even offering her a helping hand, she brooded.• This is often the result of inexperienced people trying to give a helping hand to get the gliders out.
10not if I can help itspokenNOT DO something used to say that you are not going to do something 不會做某事
‘Are you going to watch the school play?’ ‘Not if I can help it.’
“你會去看學校話劇表演嗎?”“能不去就不去。”
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not if I can help it• "Are you going to stay very long?" "Not if I can help it."
11God help him/them etcspokenSERIOUS SITUATION used to say that something bad may happen to someone 上帝保佑他/他們等〔用於表示可能會有不好的事發生在某人身上〕
‘Good luck.’ ‘God help me. I think I’m going to need it.’
“祝你好運。”“上帝保佑我,我想我真的需要好運。”
12.so help me (God)SCTPROMISEused when making a seriouspromise, especially in a court of law 我發誓;上天作證〔尤在法庭上發誓時用〕
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so help me (God)• But, so help me ... I have done nothing!• A police station, so help me, is a piece of the action.
13help something ↔ alongphrasal verbphr vto make a process or activity happen more quickly or easily 使…順利展開/取得進展
She asked a few questions to help the conversation along.
她提了一些問題來引導談話進行。
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help along• Every building is different, so when you start a new building the erector actually helps you along.• I meanleadership in the way that they understand what to do in a close game and maybe help us along.• I helped this along by taking some Flocor from an establishedfilter and placing it in the vat filter.• But the thrillerelement does no damage to the message and helps the story along for even the most committedviewer.• The other keycharacteristic of the even-toed ungulates that would have helped this process along is the structure of the feet.• To help the doggies along, Mercer sounds a horn that emits an ear-piercing wail from his plane.• The priesthood built itself and if we help it along we are only following the line of least resistance.• To help things along we provide our usualframework of social activities, sharingcosts between survivors.
14help outphrasal verbphr vHELPto help someone because they are busy or have problems 分擔…工作,幫一把
Do you need anyone to help out in the shop?
店裏的事你需要有人幫一把嗎?
help somebody ↔ out (with something)
I helped her out when Stella became ill.
斯特拉生病時我分擔了她的工作。
She was helping him out with his mortgage repayments.
她在幫助他償還抵押貸款。
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help out• My brother said he would help out.• Now there are times on farms when they need a lot of people to help out.• Organizing the school trip will be a lot of work, so I need some volunteers to help out.• But recently, because of the Kobe earthquake, people wanted to help out.• For 14 hours a week, a careassistanthelps out.• No need to thank me - I was just glad to help out a friend.• We saw it as an opportunity to harvest an animal and help outFish and Game.• She is used to helping out friends by driving them around.• Their son used to help out in the shop when it was busy.• While I'm gone, try to help your Mom out, OK?• Finaladdition is a button that electro-pneumatically locks the reardifferential to help out on the seriousoff-roadstuff.• He still helps out with ArmyCadets!• The kids are always good about helping out with the chores.
help somebody ↔ out (with something)• I called on a conveniently passing trafficwarden to help me out.• Our concern is with the fire service and doing our small part to help that out.• The only way we would be worse with them was to help them out in another war.• His teammates helped talk him out of it.• Your assignment: Curbingcrime and helping people get out of poverty.• This agency should be funded as employers are given financialhelp to carry out their obligations under the legislation.• I agreed to help you outtonight, but that was all I agreed to.• If you refuse to come and help me out with this, you might miss getting your end away.
THESAURUS
help to make it easier for someone to do something, by doing something for them or giving them something they need 幫忙,幫助
Is there anything I can do to help?
有什麽可以幫忙的嗎?
Dad, I can’t do my homework. Will you help me?
爸爸,我不會做家庭作業,幫幫我好嗎?
assist formal to help someone 協助,幫助
He was employed to assist the manager in his duties.
他受聘協助經理處理工作。
Some of the guests assisted with the preparation of the food.
有些客人幫忙準備食物。
aid formal to help someone to do something – used especially when saying that something helps your body to do something 幫助,援助〔尤指對身體有好處〕
Coffee can aid concentration.
咖啡有助於集中注意力。
Fennel aids the digestion.
茴香幫助消化。
There are plenty of materials to aid the teacher.
有許多材料是老師用得上的。
help out to help someone, especially because there are not enough people to do all the work, or they need someone to give them something 〔尤因人手不夠或别人缺乏某物而〕分擔…工作,幫一把
Organizing the school trip will be a lot of work, so I need some volunteers to help out.
組織學校旅遊事情很多,因此我需要一些志願者來幫幫忙。
My parents have helped us out on several occasions by sending us money.
我父母幾次寄錢爲我們救急。
give somebody a hand informal to help someone to do something, especially by carrying or lifting things 幫助某人〔尤指提拎東西〕
Can you give me a hand moving these boxes?
你能幫我搬一下這些箱子嗎?
nDave wants to paint the kitchen and I promised I’d give him a hand.
lend a hand informal to help someone, especially when there are not enough people to do something 幫忙〔尤在缺少人手時〕
Scott is moving on Saturday and we promised to lend a hand.
help somebody on/off with something• As soon as Michele had gone the housekeeper began to help Luce off with her clothes.• Herta kept her head down as I helped her off with her coat.• As he helped him off with the heavygrey sheepskin-lined coat he said, ` My!• Find a good nanny and then help her get on with the job of looking after your children.• Here now, let me help ye off with yer coat and hat.• Let me help you on with your coat.
1[uncountableU]HELP things you do to make it easier or possible for someone to do something 幫助,幫忙
Thank you for all your help.
感謝你所有的幫助。
help with something/with doing something 幫某人穿/脫衣服
Do you want any help with the washing up?
你要人幫忙洗碗嗎?
help to do something
I could do with some help to bring the bags in from the car.
我要人幫忙把袋子從車裏拿進來。
help (in) doing something
He asked for my help in getting an interview with her.
他請我幫忙爭取一個采訪她的機會。
with the help of somebody/with somebody’s help
We manage, with the help of a nurse who comes daily.
有一位護士每天都來,在她的幫助下,我們勉強應付。
2[singular, uncountableU]HELP if someone or something is a help to you, they are useful and make it easier for you to do something 有幫助的人[物]
That map isn’t much help.
那張地圖不太管用。
with the help of something
I managed to make myself understood with the help of a phrase book.
在短語手冊的幫助下我勉強讓别人明白了我的意思。
be of great/little/no/some etc help (to somebody)
Let me know if I can be of any help to you.
如果我能幫上你的忙就說一聲。
be a (great/big/tremendous/real etc) help (to somebody)
Any information would be a great help.
任何信息都會非常有用。
You’ve been a real help to me, Carrie.
你真是幫了我大忙了,卡麗。
3[uncountableU]HELPadvice, treatment, information, or money which is given to people who need it 援助,資助〔指建議、治療、資料或金錢〕
A lot of these children need professional help.
許多這樣的兒童需要專業人士的幫助。
help with
You may be able to ask for help with the rent.
你也許能要求租金上的援助。
We received no help from the police.
我們沒有得到警察的幫助。
4.[uncountableU] a part of a computer program that helps someone using it by giving additional information 幫助〔指計算機程序所提供的使用說明〕
5.the helpAmerican EnglishAmEBODH someone’s servant or servants 仆人,傭人
COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 1: things you do to make it easier or possible for someone to do something 幫助,幫忙
verbs
give somebody help 給予某人幫助,幫助某人
Do you want me to give you some help?
你要我幫忙嗎?
ask (somebody) for help 請求(某人)幫助
He asked for help with the cleaning.
他請人幫忙打掃。
need help 需要幫助
Some of the older patients need help with walking.
有些年長患者走路需要攙扶。
get/receive help 得到幫助
She gets no help from her husband.
她得不到丈夫的幫助。
offer (your) help 提供幫助
The taxi driver offered his help and we accepted.
出租車司機主動幫忙,我們接受了。
provide help 提供幫助
The government should do more to provide help for people who are looking for work.
政府應采取更多措施,向求職者提供幫助。
appeal for help (=publicly ask for help) 籲請幫助
The police are appealing for help to track down the killer.
警方發出呼籲,要求協助追查殺人兇手。
enlist somebody’s help (=persuade someone to help you) 尋求某人的幫助
She enlisted the help of a private investigator to find her missing son.
她請了一名私人偵探來幫她尋找失蹤的兒子。
nfind help
To get it finished by tomorrow, we’ll need to find help from somewhere.
THESAURUS
help the things you do to make it easier or possible for someone to do something 幫助,幫忙
nNow that I’m working, the kids need to give me more help with the housework.
nThe book would never have been finished without his help.
nassistance help. Assistance is more formal than help, and is used especially about people giving official help
The police are asking the public for their assistance.
The project received financial assistance from the government.
Thank you very much for your assistance, sir.
He set up the business with the assistance of his two sons.
naid help. Aid is more formal than help, and is used especially about money, food, medicine etc. that is given to countries or people that are in a very bad situation
Aid is being sent to areas affected by the earthquake.
The US spends billions of dollars on aid to developing countries.
We could not have won the case without your support.
ncooperation help – used especially when people, organizations, or countries work together to get things done, and show that they are willing to do this
a spirit of international cooperation
The cooperation of landowners was needed for the plan to succeed.
nbackupextra people, equipment etc that can be used in case people need help
The officer waited for backup to arrive before making any arrests.
COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 3: advice, treatment, information, or money which is given to people who need it 援助,資助〔指建議、治療、資料或金錢〕
nadjectives
financial help
We received a lot of financial help from my family.
professional help
You need to seek some professional help.
medical help
She needs urgent medical help.
legal help
You can find free legal help for your problem by logging onto our website.
technical help
I might need some technical help understanding the instructions.
practical help
The organization offers practical help with finding accommodation.
expert help
If the issues are complex, expert help can be sought from the adoption agency.
verbs
nget/receive help from somebody
You will be able to get confidential help from your doctor.
give (somebody) help 給予某人幫助,幫助某人
nThe fund was set up to give financial help to war veterans.
provide help 提供幫助
nIf you have to move, we provide financial help towards the cost.
noffer help
We offer free help for people with debts.
nseek help (=ask for help)
He decided to seek medical help for his drink problem.
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help• Children can compete for the parent's favour and help, which obscures the real cause of the argument.• If I need any help I'll call you.• I'm having trouble paying the rent, but I don't want to ask my parents for help.• a plea for help• You go get help - I'll wait here with the car.• It's hard to get good help these days.• Henry went to see if help was needed.• Then, with the right attitude and a little help from your friends you are ready.• We managed to buy the house with a little help from Dave's parents.• Nestor made them heartily welcome, but about the object of their coming he could give them little help.• I don't think I can be much help to you, to be honest.• Kelly hasn't been much help either.• And the descriptions of the two men have been too varied to give much help to detectives.• Would you like some help with those suitcases?• She enlists the help of psychiatrist / author Sigourney Weaver, an expert on serialkillers.• With the help of a nicotinepatch she was able to quitsmoking.• I really want to thank you for all your help.
help with something/with doing something• Do you need some help with the stroller?