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noun eɪdeɪd 1mass noun Help, typically of a practical nature. （尤指实际的）帮助 he saw the pilot slumped in his cockpit and went to his aid 他看到飞行员跌倒在驾驶舱里便前去帮助。 she walked with the aid of a Zimmer frame Example sentencesExamples - A passing patrol of some 25 troops from the Afghan National Army came to their aid.
- With the help of a nurse who came to their aid, they tried without success to revive him.
- About 25 farmers from the district then went to their aid.
- It is likely the victim was the only person in the carriage because no-one came to his aid or offered him help when the attack was over.
- ‘Not one of the boys went to his aid, or thereafter summoned help, or displayed any concern for their hapless victim,’ said Mr Martin.
- Fortunately two local men came to their aid and Mrs Christie and her mother were pulled to safety before the next waves hit the shoreline.
- SIR - I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to the young couple who came to my aid on Friday evening when I was stranded in my car in a flood near Carleton.
- In many ways it reminded me of how Irish people responded to the great tragedy of famine in my own country of Ethiopia 20 years ago when so many of you came to our aid at a time of such need and difficulty.
- Ms Kennedy said the service provided emotional and practical support with the aid of a team of trained volunteers fluent in many languages.
- Mr Conroy's fishing partner was rescued by two surfers who went to his aid after hearing yells for help, police said.
- A prolific burglar who targeted vulnerable pensioners has been jailed for a second time after stealing from a ‘Good Samaritan’ who came to his aid.
- He managed to hobble to a nearby address but no-one came to his aid until a female motorist found him bleeding heavily.
- After they left, Fung, hungry and thirsty, shouted for help and other hikers came to his aid.
- He told of how his cousin and her family came to his aid and gratefully helped him in the reconstruction.
- But her family, which includes five sisters and her brother, came to her aid when most of them put themselves forward for compatibility testing.
- Passers-by came to his aid and he was taken to Leeds General Infirmary where his condition was described as ‘serious but stable’.
- The Hacketstown community quickly came to their aid by establishing an enthusiastic committee who have come up with many novel ideas to help raise funds.
- Her family claims staff failed to respond to her desperate cries for help, and believe they only came to her aid when she collapsed from her injuries.
- Please can you print a message of thanks to the young lady who came to my aid in Hawes Lane on the morning of Saturday, June 7.
- Two passers-by came to his aid and helped to find the cause of his injury.
Synonyms assistance, support help, backing, abettance, encouragement, cooperation, succour a helping hand - 1.1 Financial or material help given to a country or area in need.
（经济或物资）援助 吨的食品援助。 as modifier an aid agency Example sentencesExamples - In 1998, the Government provided significant financial aid to farmers.
- The underfunded UN Relief and Works Agency is being forced to cut off food aid because of security restrictions.
- The federal government should be leading and offering financial aid to the provinces for the purpose of qualifying the skilled people who are already in our midst.
- Most crucially, the military was forced to admit its fleet of helicopters was in disrepair and there was nowhere near the amount of aircraft needed to deliver aid to remote areas cut off by landslides.
- To propose that the government of a third world country is not acting fast enough to send aid to certain areas is incredibly unfair.
- The country restricts the movement of foreigners, and groups that distribute aid to alleviate its food shortages are barred from some areas.
- A meaningful targeted scheme of financial aid to purchase concentrate feed is needed to avoid disaster over the coming winter and spring months, it has been claimed.
- It's a difficult environment at the best of times, but with roads cut, delivering aid to needy areas is proving to be a challenge.
- The program guarantees financial aid to low-income students who earn a ‘C’ average or above.
- The Wroughton-based appeal has collected and distributed hundreds of palettes of aid to disaster struck areas since the tsunami hit on December 26.
- Therefore the Department of Labor gives financial aid to students with disabilities if they want to further their studies.
- If you're recently unemployed, you may qualify for financial aid to help you meet requirements for entering a new field.
- Eventually, they turned to their church and asked for some financial aid to buy food and basics and got it.
- The bad weather also blocked roads and grounded helicopters as troops raced against the approaching Himalayan winter to ferry aid to remote areas.
- Gerson said rescue workers were facing difficulties in getting aid to isolated areas due to the absence of air transportation.
- They also gave food and material aid to as many as 10,269 people to help reconstruct destroyed homes.
- Food and other aid to the refugees, living in the area for three years, has been stopped since Jan.1.
- The Government must consider giving financial aid to rural traditional medicine centres which have been operating in the State since time immemorial.
- He said the World Food Programme was the only organisation supplying food aid to the area and that the community was willing to work with any other organisation.
- It specializes in bringing food and other material aid to war-torn areas.
Synonyms donations, funding, contributions, subsidies, benefits, welfare, gifts, grants, relief, charity, financial assistance, subvention, alms, offerings, handouts, largesse patronage, sponsorship, backing scholarships, bursaries debt remission informal a leg up, shot in the arm - 1.2count noun A source of help or assistance.
帮手，帮助者；辅助物，辅助手段 exercise is an important aid to recovery after heart attacks 心脏病发作之后，锻炼对恢复很有帮助。 教具。 Example sentencesExamples - Grit is essential in most birds' diets, both as an aid to digestion and as a source of minerals.
- Initially many of us thought these rails were a nuisance and were too high for comfort, but experience has shown that they do make sense and are a real aid to safety and comfort in rough weather.
- This is clearly not an exercise for the short term while there is so much to do but by keeping donors engaged with the affected communities for longer, it could be a powerful aid to longer term reconstruction.
- Residual low vision may be assisted with low vision aids and low vision training in activities of daily living.
- This is an aid to bring more security in the post-Cold War era.
- Student cooperatives were banned because, although recognized as an aid to poor students, they provided good places to exchange revolutionary opinions and leaflets.
- Tools and training aids are available to assist your unit to train safety and succeed on the battlefield.
- The council justified its intervention on the basis that it had provided some aids to assist in the care of Mrs Z.
- He achieved his circumnavigation without any electronic navigation aids or the assistance of modern satellite communication technology.
- During the Civil War, he was an indispensable aid to his father during the latter's tenure as Minister to England.
- She finally reached the correct wall, the one beside the oak tree that would serve in concealing her as well as serving as an aid to help her up.
- A few students reported printing the images and using them instead of the computer assisted aids.
- This allows the instructor to use the pistol as a teaching aid to show students where the sharp edges on their guns need to be relieved.
- The top-of-the-range model has been given sports suspension and equipped with all the electronic aids to assist the wayward driver.
- Providing navigational aids to assist users in finding information in hypertext systems has been an ongoing research problem for well over a decade.
- The underlining served as a memory aid to help students identify and retrieve the essential elements in the problem.
- Today, it seems, the people of Terence Bay have won back the right to visit their local lighthouse, which the Coast Guard still maintains as an active aid to navigation.
- All the photographic technique is purely an aid to help the photographer get the image you want to show.
- Three types of teaching aids, too, are prepared by Prof. Murty to help teachers.
- Baboo believes that research on retention will prove an effective aid to help colleges and universities do a better job with their minority students.
2historical A grant of subsidy or tax to a king or queen. 〈史〉特别津贴；国库税 Example sentencesExamples - In 1678, he spoke in favour of giving an aid to the king, and the following month obtained a commission for raising an independent company of foot, and was appointed governor of Bridlington.
- In the proceedings of the parliament of 1242, which were duly recorded and which survive as the earliest authorized report of a parliamentary debate, we find the representatives of the nation, after thoroughly discussing the expediency of a foreign war, bold enough to oppose it by refusing an aid to the king to carry it on.
- All that he had originally designed to spend on Malta, he would give as an aid to the queen, so that she might prevail over her rebels.
- An Act for granting a Royal Aid to the King's Majesty, of Twenty-four Hundred Threescore and Seventeen Thousand and Five Hundred Pounds, to be raised, levied, and paid, in the Space of Three Years.
- It is first mentioned in a record of the ensuing year, when the convent petitioned that they might be excused from contributing an aid to the King, at the time of a threatened invasion, on account of the expenses they had been at in endeavouring to repair their damages.
verb eɪdeɪd [with object]1Help or support (someone or something) in the achievement of something. 帮助，协助，支持 women were aided in childbirth by midwives 妇女在助产士的帮助下分娩。 no object research was conducted to aid in making decisions 进行研究来帮助作决定。 Example sentencesExamples - For her, it put a value on her own expertise and aided her in positioning her brand in the market.
- It has become an annual fun event which aids charities and draws support from across Greater Manchester.
- Since she's aiding Andrew to stand, she can't reach out for her cigarette case.
- I am sorry for your loss, and hope that you have the emotional, physical and spiritual support you need to aid you and your new baby to a happier outcome.
- Pulling himself back up to his feet, Seraphine groaned as he held out a hand to Erian, aiding him in standing as well.
- The three leads are all very good, and a fine supporting cast aids them.
- Idona, stand by to aid me just in case it does appear again.
- When Creon kidnaps Antigone, the Chorus prays that Athene will aid King Theseus in bringing her back safely.
- Guess, I was aided a bit by by lady luck too as it looks reasonably the same through all the mentioned browsers.
- ‘Most services offering support to aid recovery are focused on the needs of women and their children,’ she admits.
- Helping emergency vehicles get through that two-way street could mean aiding someone you know or love.
- It is looking for projects to support and opportunities to aid family development and address issues relevant to children and young people, such as new safe play areas.
- A help page is all set up to aid you in determining whether your phone is web-enabled - an option you may have never even considered using before.
- I owe thanks to the following people who greatly aided me in preparing this article.
- May you and your husband have luck quitting smoking; make use of the myriad of support networks available to aid you in the battle to quit.
- We are expected to obey all these regulations all I ask is we are aided and assisted by the police and Highways Department.
- This they easily achieved as they were aided by popular support.
- Mr Duckworth also revealed that his group would act as a support organisation to aid survivors of any future accident.
- Many books have been written and learning programs begun to aid us in achieving this goal.
- He worked there in the DVD department and he put an amazing amount of time and effort into aiding me in my quest.
Synonyms help, assist, abet, come to the aid of, give assistance to, lend a hand to, be of service to avail, succour, sustain support, back, back up, second, stand by, uphold - 1.1 Promote or encourage (something)
有助于；促进 diet and exercise aid healthy skin 节食和锻炼对健康肌肤有好处。 Example sentencesExamples - Mr Naughton said the facilities to aid independent living in the Dublin region were fairly good but across the rest of the country they were poor.
- Investment in roads aids driver safety and facilitates improved industrial and tourism development.
- And doing so will aid traditional culture in several ways.
- This is an exercise that has aided many athletes in crucial situations in other sports.
- Adding the right types of fats - healthy fats - to your diet can not only aid your fat loss but also help you put on muscle mass.
- Current evidence support the use of nutritional supplements to aid exercise performance and recovery.
- A cut-and-paste exercise can greatly aid the student with memory work.
- It aids hundreds of former footballers, promotes educational and vocational training for a legion about to leave the game and has built a power-base as one of the strongest unions in sport.
- Finding effective ways to relax, such as devoting time for relaxation, taking yoga classes or fitting in gentle exercise, may aid the chances of conception.
- Again, the media bears moral responsibility for promoting discussion that aids justice.
- The guests were all kept on special diets to aid their recovery.
- It has been said the butter may reduce the risk of cancer because it contains healthy bacteria which aids digestion and boosts immune response.
- Kate Morgan, Pembrokeshire County Council's food officer, says a healthy breakfast can aid concentration and mental performance, and provide energy.
- Researchers believe exercise aids efforts to stop smoking.
- Tai Chi Wu Style is a craft that includes gentle stretching and breathing exercises that will aid balance, co-ordination and relax muscles.
- A physiotherapist will oversee and monitor all progress and explain knee exercises that will aid recovery.
- Fish oil aids memory and promotes mental acuity because it makes nerve-cell membranes more fluid and more reactive to signals.
- Healthy teeth mean that the child is able to eat a healthy diet, and aid the growth of the jaw.
- A tailored exercise prescription, determined by exercise testing, can aid blood pressure reduction.
- It can also aid depression and boost energy levels.
Synonyms facilitate, promote, encourage, help, speed up, hasten, accelerate, expedite, further, boost, give a boost/lift/push to, spur on, smooth/clear the way for
PhrasesIn support of; for the purpose of raising money for. 〈主英〉支持；为…筹款 a charity show in aid of Leukaemia Research 为白血病研究筹款的义演。 Example sentencesExamples - Keen dancers are being urged to support a charity event in aid of a children's cancer unit.
- The match was the final in the Meadow Trophy in aid of several charities.
- He had also joined others from the ship's company in a sponsored run along the Suez Canal in aid of a cancer charity.
- They will all be taking part in the band's next concert, in aid of Save the Children.
- Last week workers were busy at the Embankment setting up barriers, and wondered what they were in aid of.
- The charm offensive was self-evidently in aid of something and eventually we found out what it was.
- The quiz is in aid of Rehab and all support of this worthy cause would be appreciated.
- Radcliffe Brass Band will be staging a special concert in aid of the tsunami appeal.
- There will be a good variety of subject matter and it is hoped to have refreshments available in aid of charity.
- Funds raised are in aid of worthy local causes and support would be greatly appreciated.
what's (all) this in aid of? informal What is the purpose of this? 〈英，非正式〉这是为了什么？
OriginLate Middle English: from Old French aide (noun), aidier (verb), based on Latin adjuvare, from ad- 'towards' + juvare 'to help'. Rhymesabrade, afraid, aide, ambuscade, arcade, balustrade, barricade, Belgrade, blade, blockade, braid, brigade, brocade, cannonade, carronade, cascade, cavalcade, cockade, colonnade, crusade, dissuade, downgrade, enfilade, esplanade, evade, fade, fusillade, glade, grade, grenade, grillade, handmade, harlequinade, homemade, invade, jade, lade, laid, lemonade, limeade, made, maid, man-made, marinade, masquerade, newlaid, orangeade, paid, palisade, parade, pasquinade, persuade, pervade, raid, serenade, shade, Sinéad, staid, stockade, stock-in-trade, suede, tailor-made, they'd, tirade, trade, Ubaid, underpaid, undismayed, unplayed, unsprayed, unswayed, upbraid, upgrade, wade abbreviation Artificial insemination by donor.
nounādeɪd 1Help, typically of a practical nature. （尤指实际的）帮助 he saw the pilot slumped in his cockpit and went to his aid 他看到飞行员跌倒在驾驶舱里便前去帮助。 within six weeks he was walking with the aid of a walker 六个星期里他靠着支架行走。 Example sentencesExamples - In many ways it reminded me of how Irish people responded to the great tragedy of famine in my own country of Ethiopia 20 years ago when so many of you came to our aid at a time of such need and difficulty.
- The Hacketstown community quickly came to their aid by establishing an enthusiastic committee who have come up with many novel ideas to help raise funds.
- A passing patrol of some 25 troops from the Afghan National Army came to their aid.
- Two passers-by came to his aid and helped to find the cause of his injury.
- ‘Not one of the boys went to his aid, or thereafter summoned help, or displayed any concern for their hapless victim,’ said Mr Martin.
- Her family claims staff failed to respond to her desperate cries for help, and believe they only came to her aid when she collapsed from her injuries.
- After they left, Fung, hungry and thirsty, shouted for help and other hikers came to his aid.
- Ms Kennedy said the service provided emotional and practical support with the aid of a team of trained volunteers fluent in many languages.
- Mr Conroy's fishing partner was rescued by two surfers who went to his aid after hearing yells for help, police said.
- But her family, which includes five sisters and her brother, came to her aid when most of them put themselves forward for compatibility testing.
- Please can you print a message of thanks to the young lady who came to my aid in Hawes Lane on the morning of Saturday, June 7.
- With the help of a nurse who came to their aid, they tried without success to revive him.
- SIR - I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to the young couple who came to my aid on Friday evening when I was stranded in my car in a flood near Carleton.
- A prolific burglar who targeted vulnerable pensioners has been jailed for a second time after stealing from a ‘Good Samaritan’ who came to his aid.
- It is likely the victim was the only person in the carriage because no-one came to his aid or offered him help when the attack was over.
- Fortunately two local men came to their aid and Mrs Christie and her mother were pulled to safety before the next waves hit the shoreline.
- He told of how his cousin and her family came to his aid and gratefully helped him in the reconstruction.
- About 25 farmers from the district then went to their aid.
- Passers-by came to his aid and he was taken to Leeds General Infirmary where his condition was described as ‘serious but stable’.
- He managed to hobble to a nearby address but no-one came to his aid until a female motorist found him bleeding heavily.
- 1.1 Financial or material help given to a country or area in need.
（经济或物资）援助 吨的食品援助。 Example sentencesExamples - Gerson said rescue workers were facing difficulties in getting aid to isolated areas due to the absence of air transportation.
- It specializes in bringing food and other material aid to war-torn areas.
- Most crucially, the military was forced to admit its fleet of helicopters was in disrepair and there was nowhere near the amount of aircraft needed to deliver aid to remote areas cut off by landslides.
- The federal government should be leading and offering financial aid to the provinces for the purpose of qualifying the skilled people who are already in our midst.
- Eventually, they turned to their church and asked for some financial aid to buy food and basics and got it.
- They also gave food and material aid to as many as 10,269 people to help reconstruct destroyed homes.
- In 1998, the Government provided significant financial aid to farmers.
- The Government must consider giving financial aid to rural traditional medicine centres which have been operating in the State since time immemorial.
- The underfunded UN Relief and Works Agency is being forced to cut off food aid because of security restrictions.
- The Wroughton-based appeal has collected and distributed hundreds of palettes of aid to disaster struck areas since the tsunami hit on December 26.
- It's a difficult environment at the best of times, but with roads cut, delivering aid to needy areas is proving to be a challenge.
- Therefore the Department of Labor gives financial aid to students with disabilities if they want to further their studies.
- If you're recently unemployed, you may qualify for financial aid to help you meet requirements for entering a new field.
- The bad weather also blocked roads and grounded helicopters as troops raced against the approaching Himalayan winter to ferry aid to remote areas.
- He said the World Food Programme was the only organisation supplying food aid to the area and that the community was willing to work with any other organisation.
- To propose that the government of a third world country is not acting fast enough to send aid to certain areas is incredibly unfair.
- The program guarantees financial aid to low-income students who earn a ‘C’ average or above.
- A meaningful targeted scheme of financial aid to purchase concentrate feed is needed to avoid disaster over the coming winter and spring months, it has been claimed.
- Food and other aid to the refugees, living in the area for three years, has been stopped since Jan.1.
- The country restricts the movement of foreigners, and groups that distribute aid to alleviate its food shortages are barred from some areas.
Synonyms donations, funding, contributions, subsidies, benefits, welfare, gifts, grants, relief, charity, financial assistance, subvention, alms, offerings, handouts, largesse - 1.2 A person or thing that is a source of help or assistance.
帮手，帮助者；辅助物，辅助手段 exercise is an important aid to recovery after heart attacks 心脏病发作之后，锻炼对恢复很有帮助。 教具。 Example sentencesExamples - Three types of teaching aids, too, are prepared by Prof. Murty to help teachers.
- Baboo believes that research on retention will prove an effective aid to help colleges and universities do a better job with their minority students.
- All the photographic technique is purely an aid to help the photographer get the image you want to show.
- The underlining served as a memory aid to help students identify and retrieve the essential elements in the problem.
- Grit is essential in most birds' diets, both as an aid to digestion and as a source of minerals.
- Residual low vision may be assisted with low vision aids and low vision training in activities of daily living.
- Initially many of us thought these rails were a nuisance and were too high for comfort, but experience has shown that they do make sense and are a real aid to safety and comfort in rough weather.
- The council justified its intervention on the basis that it had provided some aids to assist in the care of Mrs Z.
- This is clearly not an exercise for the short term while there is so much to do but by keeping donors engaged with the affected communities for longer, it could be a powerful aid to longer term reconstruction.
- She finally reached the correct wall, the one beside the oak tree that would serve in concealing her as well as serving as an aid to help her up.
- Student cooperatives were banned because, although recognized as an aid to poor students, they provided good places to exchange revolutionary opinions and leaflets.
- He achieved his circumnavigation without any electronic navigation aids or the assistance of modern satellite communication technology.
- The top-of-the-range model has been given sports suspension and equipped with all the electronic aids to assist the wayward driver.
- This allows the instructor to use the pistol as a teaching aid to show students where the sharp edges on their guns need to be relieved.
- Today, it seems, the people of Terence Bay have won back the right to visit their local lighthouse, which the Coast Guard still maintains as an active aid to navigation.
- Tools and training aids are available to assist your unit to train safety and succeed on the battlefield.
- This is an aid to bring more security in the post-Cold War era.
- During the Civil War, he was an indispensable aid to his father during the latter's tenure as Minister to England.
- A few students reported printing the images and using them instead of the computer assisted aids.
- Providing navigational aids to assist users in finding information in hypertext systems has been an ongoing research problem for well over a decade.
- 1.3historical A grant of subsidy or tax to a king.
〈史〉特别津贴；国库税 Example sentencesExamples - In the proceedings of the parliament of 1242, which were duly recorded and which survive as the earliest authorized report of a parliamentary debate, we find the representatives of the nation, after thoroughly discussing the expediency of a foreign war, bold enough to oppose it by refusing an aid to the king to carry it on.
- In 1678, he spoke in favour of giving an aid to the king, and the following month obtained a commission for raising an independent company of foot, and was appointed governor of Bridlington.
- All that he had originally designed to spend on Malta, he would give as an aid to the queen, so that she might prevail over her rebels.
- It is first mentioned in a record of the ensuing year, when the convent petitioned that they might be excused from contributing an aid to the King, at the time of a threatened invasion, on account of the expenses they had been at in endeavouring to repair their damages.
- An Act for granting a Royal Aid to the King's Majesty, of Twenty-four Hundred Threescore and Seventeen Thousand and Five Hundred Pounds, to be raised, levied, and paid, in the Space of Three Years.
verbādeɪd [with object]1Help, assist, or support (someone or something) in the achievement of something. 帮助，协助，支持 women were aided in childbirth by midwives 妇女在助产士的帮助下分娩。 no object the heel was slanted to aid in climbing hilly terrain Example sentencesExamples - Helping emergency vehicles get through that two-way street could mean aiding someone you know or love.
- When Creon kidnaps Antigone, the Chorus prays that Athene will aid King Theseus in bringing her back safely.
- Since she's aiding Andrew to stand, she can't reach out for her cigarette case.
- Idona, stand by to aid me just in case it does appear again.
- The three leads are all very good, and a fine supporting cast aids them.
- Many books have been written and learning programs begun to aid us in achieving this goal.
- For her, it put a value on her own expertise and aided her in positioning her brand in the market.
- A help page is all set up to aid you in determining whether your phone is web-enabled - an option you may have never even considered using before.
- May you and your husband have luck quitting smoking; make use of the myriad of support networks available to aid you in the battle to quit.
- It has become an annual fun event which aids charities and draws support from across Greater Manchester.
- We are expected to obey all these regulations all I ask is we are aided and assisted by the police and Highways Department.
- He worked there in the DVD department and he put an amazing amount of time and effort into aiding me in my quest.
- Guess, I was aided a bit by by lady luck too as it looks reasonably the same through all the mentioned browsers.
- This they easily achieved as they were aided by popular support.
- I am sorry for your loss, and hope that you have the emotional, physical and spiritual support you need to aid you and your new baby to a happier outcome.
- Mr Duckworth also revealed that his group would act as a support organisation to aid survivors of any future accident.
- It is looking for projects to support and opportunities to aid family development and address issues relevant to children and young people, such as new safe play areas.
- Pulling himself back up to his feet, Seraphine groaned as he held out a hand to Erian, aiding him in standing as well.
- I owe thanks to the following people who greatly aided me in preparing this article.
- ‘Most services offering support to aid recovery are focused on the needs of women and their children,’ she admits.
Synonyms help, assist, abet, come to the aid of, give assistance to, lend a hand to, be of service to - 1.1 Promote or encourage (something)
有助于；促进 diet and exercise aid healthy skin 节食和锻炼对健康肌肤有好处。 Example sentencesExamples - Fish oil aids memory and promotes mental acuity because it makes nerve-cell membranes more fluid and more reactive to signals.
- Researchers believe exercise aids efforts to stop smoking.
- Kate Morgan, Pembrokeshire County Council's food officer, says a healthy breakfast can aid concentration and mental performance, and provide energy.
- A cut-and-paste exercise can greatly aid the student with memory work.
- Investment in roads aids driver safety and facilitates improved industrial and tourism development.
- A tailored exercise prescription, determined by exercise testing, can aid blood pressure reduction.
- It has been said the butter may reduce the risk of cancer because it contains healthy bacteria which aids digestion and boosts immune response.
- It aids hundreds of former footballers, promotes educational and vocational training for a legion about to leave the game and has built a power-base as one of the strongest unions in sport.
- Again, the media bears moral responsibility for promoting discussion that aids justice.
- Healthy teeth mean that the child is able to eat a healthy diet, and aid the growth of the jaw.
- The guests were all kept on special diets to aid their recovery.
- And doing so will aid traditional culture in several ways.
- Tai Chi Wu Style is a craft that includes gentle stretching and breathing exercises that will aid balance, co-ordination and relax muscles.
- Finding effective ways to relax, such as devoting time for relaxation, taking yoga classes or fitting in gentle exercise, may aid the chances of conception.
- Adding the right types of fats - healthy fats - to your diet can not only aid your fat loss but also help you put on muscle mass.
- Mr Naughton said the facilities to aid independent living in the Dublin region were fairly good but across the rest of the country they were poor.
- A physiotherapist will oversee and monitor all progress and explain knee exercises that will aid recovery.
- This is an exercise that has aided many athletes in crucial situations in other sports.
- It can also aid depression and boost energy levels.
- Current evidence support the use of nutritional supplements to aid exercise performance and recovery.
Synonyms facilitate, promote, encourage, help, speed up, hasten, accelerate, expedite, further, boost, give a boost to, give a lift to, give a push to, spur on, clear the way for, smooth the way for
PhrasesIn support of; for the purpose of raising money for. 〈主英〉支持；为…筹款 a concert in aid of Armenia Example sentencesExamples - The match was the final in the Meadow Trophy in aid of several charities.
- Funds raised are in aid of worthy local causes and support would be greatly appreciated.
- The charm offensive was self-evidently in aid of something and eventually we found out what it was.
- Last week workers were busy at the Embankment setting up barriers, and wondered what they were in aid of.
- The quiz is in aid of Rehab and all support of this worthy cause would be appreciated.
- Radcliffe Brass Band will be staging a special concert in aid of the tsunami appeal.
- They will all be taking part in the band's next concert, in aid of Save the Children.
- He had also joined others from the ship's company in a sponsored run along the Suez Canal in aid of a cancer charity.
- There will be a good variety of subject matter and it is hoped to have refreshments available in aid of charity.
- Keen dancers are being urged to support a charity event in aid of a children's cancer unit.
OriginLate Middle English: from Old French aide (noun), aidier (verb), based on Latin adjuvare, from ad- ‘towards’ + juvare ‘to help’. abbreviation 1Agency for International Development. 2Artificial insemination by donor.
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