avails; availed; availing
avails; availed; availing
Learner's definition of AVAIL
literary
: to be useful or helpful to (someone or something)有用于；有益于；有助于 [+ object]
[no object]
avail yourself of
formal
: to make use of (something)利用；使用 2 avail /əˈveɪl/ noun
Learner's definition of AVAIL
[noncount]
: help toward reaching a goal效用；帮助 -
What I learned then is of little avail to me now. [=is not very helpful to me now]我那时的所学对我现在没什么帮助。
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Our best efforts were of no avail. [=were not helpful]我们尽了最大努力但都白费了。
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They tried to discuss the issue calmly, but to no avail. [=they were unable to discuss the issue calmly]他们试图冷静地讨论这个问题，但做不到。