help
[hɛlp]
n. 忙, 助者, 补救, 益西

vt. 助, 忙, 接济, 治疗, 款待

vi. , 救命, 招待

[] 助, 助程序; DOS命令: DOS命令文件助程序



help
[ noun ]

1. the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose

<noun.act>
he gave me an assist with the housework
could not walk without assistance
rescue party went to their aid
offered his help in unloading

2. a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose

<noun.person>
my invaluable assistant
they hired additional help to finish the work

3. a resource

<noun.attribute>
visual aids in teaching

4. a means of serving

<noun.attribute>
of no avail
there's no help for it

[ verb ]

1. give help or assistance; be of service

<verb.social> aid assist
Everyone helped out during the earthquake
Can you help me carry this table?
She never helps around the house

2. improve the condition of

<verb.body> aid
These pills will help the patient

3. be of use

<verb.stative> facilitate
This will help to prevent accidents

4. abstain from doing; always used with a negative

<verb.stative> help oneself
I can't help myself--I have to smoke
She could not help watching the sad spectacle

5. help to some food; help with food or drink

<verb.consumption> serve
I served him three times, and after that he helped himself

6. contribute to the furtherance of

<verb.social>
This money will help the development of literacy in developing countries

7. take or use

<verb.consumption> avail
She helped herself to some of the office supplies

8. improve; change for the better

<verb.change>
New slipcovers will help the old living room furniture

Help \Help\ (h[e^]lp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Helped} (h[e^]lpt)
(Obs. imp. {Holp} (h[=o]lp), p. p. {Holpen} (h[=o]l"p'n)); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Helping}.] [AS. helpan; akin to OS. helpan, D.
helpen, G. helfen, OHG. helfan, Icel. hj[=a]lpa, Sw. hjelpa,
Dan. hielpe, Goth. hilpan; cf. Lith. szelpti, and Skr. klp to
be fitting.]
1. To furnish with strength or means for the successful
performance of any action or the attainment of any object;
to aid; to assist; as, to help a man in his work; to help
one to remember; -- the following infinitive is commonly
used without to; as, ``Help me scale yon balcony.''
--Longfellow.

2. To furnish with the means of deliverance from trouble; as,
to help one in distress; to help one out of prison. ``God
help, poor souls, how idly do they talk!'' --Shak.

3. To furnish with relief, as in pain or disease; to be of
avail against; -- sometimes with of before a word
designating the pain or disease, and sometimes having such
a word for the direct object. ``To help him of his
blindness.'' --Shak.

The true calamus helps coughs. --Gerarde.

4. To change for the better; to remedy.

Cease to lament for what thou canst not help.
--Shak.

5. To prevent; to hinder; as, the evil approaches, and who
can help it? --Swift.

6. To forbear; to avoid.

I can not help remarking the resemblance betwixt him
and our author. --Pope.

7. To wait upon, as the guests at table, by carving and
passing food.

{To help forward}, to assist in advancing.

{To help off}, to help to go or pass away, as time; to assist
in removing. --Locke.

{To help on}, to forward; to promote by aid.

{To help out}, to aid, as in delivering from a difficulty, or
to aid in completing a design or task.

The god of learning and of light
Would want a god himself to help him out. --Swift.

{To help over}, to enable to surmount; as, to help one over
an obstacle.

{To help to}, to supply with; to furnish with; as, to help
one to soup.

{To help up}, to help (one) to get up; to assist in rising,
as after a fall, and the like. ``A man is well holp up
that trusts to you.'' --Shak.

Syn: To aid; assist; succor; relieve; serve; support;
sustain; befriend.

Usage: To {Help}, {Aid}, {Assist}. These words all agree in
the idea of affording relief or support to a person
under difficulties. Help turns attention especially to
the source of relief. If I fall into a pit, I call for
help; and he who helps me out does it by an act of his
own. Aid turns attention to the other side, and
supposes co["o]peration on the part of him who is
relieved; as, he aided me in getting out of the pit; I
got out by the aid of a ladder which he brought.
Assist has a primary reference to relief afforded by a
person who ``stands by'' in order to relieve. It
denotes both help and aid. Thus, we say of a person
who is weak, I assisted him upstairs, or, he mounted
the stairs by my assistance. When help is used as a
noun, it points less distinctively and exclusively to
the source of relief, or, in other words, agrees more
closely with aid. Thus we say, I got out of a pit by
the help of my friend.


Help \Help\, n. [AS. help; akin to D. hulp, G. h["u]lfe, hilfe,
Icel. hj[=a]lp, Sw. hjelp, Dan. hielp. See {Help}, v. t.]
1. Strength or means furnished toward promoting an object, or
deliverance from difficulty or distress; aid; ^; also, the
person or thing furnishing the aid; as, he gave me a help
of fifty dollars.

Give us help from trouble, for vain is the help of
man. --Ps. lx. 11.

God is . . . a very present help in trouble. --Ps.
xlvi. 1.

Virtue is a friend and a help to nature. --South.

2. Remedy; relief; as, there is no help for it.

3. A helper; one hired to help another; also, thew hole force
of hired helpers in any business.

4. Specifically, a domestic servant, man or woman. [Local, U.
S.]


Help \Help\, v. i.
To lend aid or assistance; to contribute strength or means;
to avail or be of use; to assist.

A generous present helps to persuade, as well as an
agreeable person. --Garth.

{To help out}, to lend aid; to bring a supply.