| 词汇 | thesaurus_articles_to-help-someone |
| 释义 | to help someoneThese words and phrases all refer to making it easier for someone to do something by doing part of the work yourself. The most common word for this, and the word with the broadest meaning, is help. Help can be used when you provide money, work, advice, etc. Can I help you get that? I'm happy to help you with your homework. The gift from her grandparents helped her buy a house. The verbs aid and assist are more formal alternatives to help. The project is designed to aid poorer countries. The army arrived to assist in the search. If two or more people help each other in order to achieve the same thing, verbs such as collaborate or cooperate are sometimes used. We collaborated on the project. Several countries are cooperating in the relief effort. The verb benefit is sometimes used when someone is helped by something. The children have benefited greatly from the new facilities. If someone is asking for help, in informal situations the expressions give someone a hand or do someone a favour are sometimes used. Favour is the UK English spelling of this word. The US English spelling is favor. Do you think you could give me a hand with these heavy boxes? UKCould you do me a favour and buy me some milk while you're out? |
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