英漢辭典

1. vt. (及物動詞 transitive verb)
   1. 幫助,援助;救,救助;幫忙;給予…以幫助

   Heaven [God] helps those who help themselves.

   【諺】 天助自助者

   May I help you, sir [madam]?

   (店員對顧客說)您要點什麼,先生[夫人]?

   She helped her mother with the work in the kitchen.

   她幫助母親做飯菜.

   I helped him (to) find his things.

   我幫他找到丟失的東西.

   I helped her (to get) into the car.

   我把她扶進汽車.

   Go and help (to) wash up at the sink.

   去幫忙洗洗碗吧.(★以上的三個例句中,美語常略去 to)

   help him down

   把他攙扶下來

   help sb in [into]...

   把某人攙扶上[進入]

   help sb out of difficulty

   幫助某人擺脫困難

   help sb over

   幫助度過;幫助戰勝

   help sb through

   幫某人完成

   help sb to

   幫某人進食;幫某人得到

   I May help you to some wore vegetables?

   我給你再夾點青菜好嗎?

   He help himself to a cup of coffee.

   他喝了一杯咖啡

   help sb up

   把某人扶起,支持某人;幫某人完成

   Help!

   救人呀,救命呀!

2. 2. 治療[治癒](疾病等)

   Honey helps the cough.

   蜂蜜能治咳嗽.

3. 3. 促進,助長,有…的益處

   help one's ruin

   促進自己的滅亡.

4. 4. 不禁,不由得;忍不住;禁不住

   I can't help it [myself].=It cannot be helped.

   我實在沒有辦法

   I could not help laughing [but laugh].

   我忍不住大笑起來

   He couldn't help her doing that.

   他阻止不了她去做這事.

5. 5. 給…盛(飯菜),斟(酒),勸(吃、喝)

   help each other to the wine

   相互倒酒.

6. 6. [口] (在桌旁)侍候;盛放(飲料、食物)

   Use this spoon to help the gravy.

   用這個勺子盛肉湯.



7. vi. (不及物動詞 intransitive verb)
   1. 幫助,幫忙;有幫助,有用;開飯,上菜;斟,盛;侍候吃飯



8. n. (名詞 noun)
   1. 幫助,救助;相助;援助,幫忙

   cry for help

   【英】呼喊「救命」

   come to sb's help

   對某人提供救助

   with the help of a microscope

   藉助於顯微鏡

   be of much [no] help

   大有[沒有]好處

   A little help is worth a deal of pity.

   【諺】 極小的實際幫助亦勝於空泛的無限同情.

9. 2. 有益[裨益]的東西,幫助者;幫手,僱工,傭人 集合詞

10. 3. 治療,補救方法;解除(痛苦等的)手段

    There is no help for it [his illness].

    這件事無法可想了[他的病無藥可醫].

11. 4. (食物的)一客[份]菜

    a second help

    第二客(菜).

柯林斯英英辭典

vb

1. to assist or aid (someone to do something), esp by sharing the work, cost, or burden of something

he helped his friend to escape

she helped him climb out of the boat

2. to alleviate the burden of (someone else) by giving assistance

vt. (transitive verb)

1. [tr] to assist (a person) to go in a specified direction

help the old lady up from the chair

2. to promote or contribute to

to help the relief operations

3. to cause improvement in (a situation, person, etc)

crying won't help

4. [tr; preceded by can, could, etc; usually used with a negative] to avoid or refrain from

we can't help wondering who he is

5. [usually foll by it] to prevent or be responsible for

I can't help it if it rains

6. to alleviate (an illness, etc)

7. [tr] to serve (a customer)

can I help you, madam?

8. [tr; foll by to] to serve (someone with food, etc) (usually in the phrase help oneself)

may I help you to some more vegetables?

help yourself to peas

9. to provide (oneself with) without permission

he's been helping himself to money out of the petty cash

n. (noun)

1. the act of helping, or being helped, or a person or thing that helps

she's a great help

2. a helping

3. a person hired for a job; employee, esp a farm worker or domestic servant

4. [functioning as singular] several employees collectively

5. a means of remedy

there's no help for it

interj. (interjection)

1. used to ask for assistance

2. See also help out

3. [Etymology] Old English helpan; related to Old Norse hjalpa, Gothic hilpan, Old High German helfan