VERB 帮助;帮忙 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.
He has helped to raise a lot of money... 他帮着筹集了很多钱。
My mum used to help cook the meals for the children... 我妈妈过去常帮忙给孩子做饭。
America's priority is to help nations defend themselves... 美国最优先考虑的是帮助各国自卫防御。
You can of course help by giving them a donation directly... 你当然可以通过直接向他们捐款来帮助他们。
I was only trying to help... 我只是想要帮忙。
If you're not willing to help me, I'll find somebody who will. 如果你不愿意帮我,我会去找别人。
Help is also a noun.
Thanks very much for your help... 非常感谢你的帮助。
Always ask the pharmacist for help... 请向药剂师寻求帮助。
Some of them have qualified for help with monthly payments. 他们中有些人已有资格获得月供补助。
VERB 有帮助;有用 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.
The right style of swimsuit can help to hide, minimise or emphasise what you want it to... 款式选择得当的泳装有助于按照意愿掩饰、缩小或突出某些部位。
Building more motorways and bypasses will help the environment by reducing pollution and traffic jams in towns and cities... 建造更多的高速公路和绕城道路能够减少城镇中的污染和交通堵塞,有利于改善环境。
Understanding these rare molecules will help chemists to find out what is achievable... 了解这些稀有分子能帮助化学家找到可实现的目标。
I could cook your supper, though, if that would help. 不过我可以给你做晚饭,如果这样能帮到你的话。
VERB 扶持;搀扶 If you help someone go somewhere or move in some way, you give them support so that they can move more easily.
Martin helped Tanya over the rail... 马丁扶着塔尼娅越过栏杆。
I allowed her to help me to my feet... 我允许她扶我站起来。
Come and help me up!... 过来扶我起来!
She helped her sit up in bed so she could hold her baby. 她扶她在床上坐起来,这样她就可以抱着宝宝了。
VERB 帮助(自己)摆脱困境 If you help yourself, you try to get yourself out of a difficult situation rather than accept it and think you can do nothing to change it.
He tries to help people with problems, but firmly believes they should do more to help themselves. 他尽力帮助有困难的人,但仍坚信他们应该更加努力自救。
N-SING 帮助解决困难的人(或事物) 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.
Thank you. You've been a great help already. 谢谢你。你已经帮了大忙了。
...a quality which will be a help rather than a hindrance to them... 会对他们有所助益而非阻碍的一种品质
She's been a lot of help... 她帮了不少忙。
The books were not much help. 这些书没派上什么用场。
N-UNCOUNT 援救;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.
He was screaming for help... 他高呼求救。
'Help!' I screamed, turning to run. “救命!”我尖叫道,转身就跑。
N-UNCOUNT 帮助(文件) 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.
If you get stuck, click on Help. 如果碰到疑难,就点击“帮助”。
VERB 自助;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.
There's bread on the table. Help yourself... 桌上有面包。你自己拿吧。
Just help yourself to leaflets. 请自取传单材料。
VERB 偷;窃取 If someone helps themselves to something, they steal it.
Has somebody helped himself to some film star's diamonds? 有人偷了某个影星的钻石了吗?
PHRASE 不禁;忍不住;无法控制 If you can't help the way you feel or behave, you cannot control it or stop it happening. You can also say that you can't help yourself .
I can't help feeling sorry for the poor man... 我不禁为这个可怜的男人感到难过。
'Please don't cry.' — 'I can't help it.'... “别哭了。”——“我忍不住。”
Jerry and Lise know their romance inflicts hurt on others, but they can't help themselves... 杰里和丽丝知道他们的恋情会对别人造成伤害,但他们情难自已。
He can't help a suppressed giggle. 他忍不住偷笑了一声。
PHRASE (用于委婉地表示观点)不免,禁不住(想) 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.
I can't help feeling that this may just be another of her schemes... 我不免觉得这可能只是她的又一个诡计。
I could not help but think this is a very queer life. 我忍不住会认为这是一种非常怪异的生活。
PHRASE 有帮助;有用 If someone or something is of help, they make a situation easier or better.