| 释义 |
aid/eid/ n. & v.●n. 1 help 帮助，协助 2 financial or material help, esp. given by one country to another (尤指一国对另一国的)资助；物质援助 3 a material source of help 辅助用具 teaching aid 教学辅助用具 4 a person or thing that helps 协助者，助手；辅助物 5 (as second element in comb. 接在其他词后) esp. Brit. denoting an organization or event that raises money for charity [尤英] (为慈善业)出资团体，赞助活动 Band Aid 乐队赞助单位 6 hist. a grant of subsidy or tax to a king [史义] (给国王的)补贴；税款 ●v. tr. 1 (often foll. by 常后跟 in + gerund) help 帮助，协助 2 promote or encourage 改善，促进 sleep will aid recovery 睡眠将有助于恢复 □ in aid of Brit. in support of [英]支持，帮助 □ what's this (or all this) in aid of? Brit. colloq. what is the purpose of this? [英口]这有什么用处？ [Middle English from Old French aïde (n.), aïdier (v.), ultimately from Latin adjuvare (as AD-, juvare jut- ‘help’)] |