记忆方法
1、老印欧词根 *kelb- 的意思是「撑住、握住」：同根的 helm 是「船舵、掌舵」，帮你撑住方向就是 help。
2、can’t help doing sth 忍不住做某事——这里 help 用的是老意思「忍住、避开」，同类还有 I can’t help it(我没办法)。
3、help sb (to) do sth，to 通常省略。
2、can’t help doing sth 忍不住做某事——这里 help 用的是老意思「忍住、避开」，同类还有 I can’t help it(我没办法)。
3、help sb (to) do sth，to 通常省略。
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词族 · help
派生词
中文词源
help 帮助
来自古英语helpan,帮助，支持，来自PIE*kelp,支持，抓，握，词源同helm,helve.
英语词源
- help
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help: [OE] Today, help is essentially a Germanic word. Related forms such as German helfen, Dutch helpen, Swedish hjälpa, and Danish hjælpe point to a Germanic ancestor *khelp-. But there is one clue – Lithuanian shélpti ‘help, support’ – that suggests that formerly it may have been much more widespread throughout the Indo-European languages, and came from an Indo-European source *kelp-.
- help (v.)
- Old English helpan (class III strong verb; past tense healp, past participle holpen) "help, support, succor; benefit, do good to; cure, amend," from Proto-Germanic *helpan (cognates: Old Norse hjalpa, Old Frisian helpa, Middle Dutch and Dutch helpen, Old High German helfan, German helfen), from PIE root *kelb- "to help" (cognates: Lithuanian selpiu "to support, help").
Recorded as a cry of distress from late 14c. Sense of "serve someone with food at table" (1680s) is translated from French servir "to help, stead, avail," and led to helping "portion of food." Related: Helped (c. 1300). The Middle English past participle holpen survives in biblical and U.S. dialectal use. - help (n.)
- Old English help (m.), helpe (f.) "assistance, succor;" see help (v.). Most Germanic languages also have the noun form, such as Old Norse hjalp, Swedish hjälp, Old Frisian helpe, Dutch hulp, Old High German helfa, German Hilfe. Use of help as euphemism for "servant" is American English, 1640s, tied up in notions of class and race.
A domestic servant of American birth, and without negro blood in his or her veins ... is not a servant, but a 'help.' 'Help wanted,' is the common heading of advertisements in the North, when servants are required. [Chas. Mackay, "Life and Liberty in America," 1859].
Though help also meant "assistant, helper, supporter" in Middle English (c. 1200).
权威例句
- 1. Ellery's return will help to chase away some of the gloom.
- 埃勒里的归来可以驱散一些抑郁的情绪。
- 2. Daily facial exercises help her to retain the skin's elasticity.
- 每天做面部运动帮助她保持皮肤弹性。
- 3. Sheila had an ulterior motive for trying to help Stan.
- 希拉想帮助斯坦是另有所图的。
- 4. Sex education is also expected to help check the spread of AIDS.
- 人们还希望性教育有助于控制艾滋病的蔓延。
- 5. Four of them had gone off to find help.
- 他们中的4个人去寻求帮助了。
词语辨析
【help, assist, aid】
这组词都有“帮助”的意思，其区别是：
help: 最普通用词，含义广泛。指一般性的或迫切需要的帮助，侧重积极地为他人提供物质、精神或其他方面的帮助。
assist: 强调在提供帮助时，以受助者为主，所给的帮助起第二位或从属的作用。
aid: 正式用词，指帮助他人脱离危险或战胜困难，着重强者对急需帮助的弱者的帮助。
【help, support, assistance, aid】
这组词都有“帮助，支持”的意思，其区别是：
help: 最普通用词，可以与aid和assistance换用。help强调使受助者达到目的或侧重受助者对帮助的需要。
support: 强调在迫切需要时给予支持或鼓励。
assistance: 正式用词，通常指帮助完成不太重要的那一部分工作。
aid: 比help正式，侧重受助者处于困难或危险境地急需救助。
这组词都有“帮助”的意思，其区别是：
help: 最普通用词，含义广泛。指一般性的或迫切需要的帮助，侧重积极地为他人提供物质、精神或其他方面的帮助。
assist: 强调在提供帮助时，以受助者为主，所给的帮助起第二位或从属的作用。
aid: 正式用词，指帮助他人脱离危险或战胜困难，着重强者对急需帮助的弱者的帮助。
【help, support, assistance, aid】
这组词都有“帮助，支持”的意思，其区别是：
help: 最普通用词，可以与aid和assistance换用。help强调使受助者达到目的或侧重受助者对帮助的需要。
support: 强调在迫切需要时给予支持或鼓励。
assistance: 正式用词，通常指帮助完成不太重要的那一部分工作。
aid: 比help正式，侧重受助者处于困难或危险境地急需救助。