Definition of help in English:

help

verb hɛlphɛlp

[with object]

1Make it easier or possible for (someone) to do something by offering them one's services or resources.
帮助，援助，资助，救助
they helped her with domestic chores
他们帮她做家庭杂务。
with object and infinitive she helped him find a buyer
no object the teenager helped out in the corner shop
这个少年在街角小店帮忙。
Example sentencesExamples
- There was a secret service agent that was helping me with first aid - he's now the chief of the Capitol Police.
- Her colleagues have been helping her in all possible ways, including reading out the latest developments in the field.
- Those stories are filtered as little as possible to help the readers find the stories they want.
- The service includes helping users to get up in the morning, bed baths, and other domestic activities that they may not be able to perform on their own.
- Staff work around the clock to ensure these youngsters cram as much into their short years as possible while helping their parents to come to terms with the inevitable.
- Former librarian Karen Bali has set up a service helping people trace their family and friends.
- This is a voluntary run service which helps families under stress who have children under five years of age.
- It often includes supporting material that helps readers see why the story is important.
- The crazy culture sweeping this country is driving up insurance costs and making vital services think twice before helping us.
- Long-term funding is desperately being sought for a voluntary service that helps local victims of domestic violence.
- Sometimes we were helped out by relations and friends with muscles and, of course, the boys chipped in.
- Its main product is a Web-based service that helps doctors run their practices more efficiently and more profitably.
- The service helps client choose the right kind of invitation cards, the grooming and the beauty treatment and the wedding shopping.
- But he credits his religion and several social service groups with helping him slowly regain a sense of normalcy.
- Well, I helped out then and Boris is helping me out now.
- An advisory service helps parents to buy wheelchairs, braces, special shoes and equipment for their children.
- After using the services at a local credit counseling service that helps members with debt reduction, she was able to get on the road to rebuilding her credit.
- A mediation service which helps young people at risk of becoming homeless is celebrating its first birthday.
- It is a six-week service which helps elderly clients ‘get back on their feet’.
- We are not searching for a cure, just the best possible education to help him reach his potential.
Synonyms
assist, aid, help out, lend a hand to, lend a helping hand to, give assistance to, come to the aid of, succour, aid and abet
be of service to, be of use to, be useful to
do someone a favour, do someone a service, do someone a good turn, bail/bale someone out, come to someone's rescue, give someone a leg up
cooperate with, do one's bit for, rally round, pitch in, chip in
informal get someone out of a tight spot, save someone's bacon, save someone's skin
British informal muck in with, get stuck in with
1. 1.1 Improve (a situation or problem); be of benefit to.
  对（情况或问题）有帮助，有助于；有益于
  upbeat comments about prospects helped confidence
  对前景乐观的评论有助于树立信心。
  no object legislation to fit all new cars with catalytic converters will help
  立法对新车都安装催化转化器会有所帮助。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Attempts to alleviate the sanitation problem were not helped by the Black Death itself.
  I don't think this story helps their case exactly.
  Higher density means fewer long commutes, which helps gridlock problems and is good for the environment.
  So, how is this serious problem helped by making it even more difficult for those debts to be repaid?
  I don't think what we're doing, like right now, the going back and forth with each other, is really helping the situation.
  On the question of refugees, suffice to say that the crisis was hardly helped by the bombing campaign itself.
  I think the worst of the weather is over but the continuing rain will not help the situation and it is likely to get colder again.
  On the romance front, his case was not helped by the chat-up technique he adopted.
  The situation is not helped by the fact that the mist is making the court damp and slippy.
  This situation is not helped by the predicament he has with his wide midfield players.
  I remain unconvinced that the occupation forces are really helping the situation, instead of continuing to antagonize large sections of the people.
  Many factors propel the daily newspaper toward its decline, but the present management of the papers are not helping their situation.
  In Nicaragua today the most obvious need is decent housing and all monies raised from the night will go a long way in helping the situation there.
  The situation isn't helped by the fact he can't remember exactly what he said or did.
  Lizzie's plight was not helped by the death in the past month of her doting dad, Seamus.
  A small Yorkshire charity has been helping the plight of Romanian orphans for the past decade.
  Mackay might as well not be Scottish, for all that it has helped his international prospects.
  If donated food is unhealthy, it isn't helping the problem of hunger - it's making it worse.
  He also says the connection between drugs and violence helps his case.
  Writing about it like this helps the situation somewhat, mind you.
  Synonyms
  relieve, soothe, ameliorate, alleviate, make better, ease, improve, assuage, palliate, lessen, mitigate
  remedy, cure, heal, restore
2. 1.2with object and adverbial of direction Assist (someone) to move.
  I helped her up
  我扶她起来。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The arena has emptied by the time the stricken fighter is helped out of the ring.
  One defendant reassured him in his own language, Italian, and he was helped out of a window.
  A police spokesman said the driver was helped out of the car by people nearby and that no-one was injured.
  The girl was beside the table before I could even move, helping me down slowly without really touching me too much.
3. 1.3help someone on/off with Assist someone to put on or take off (a garment)
  帮助（人）穿上（或脱下）（衣服）
  she would help him off with his coat
  Example sentencesExamples
  Then you've got to help him off with what's left of his shirt.
  Uniquely, for so starred an establishment, they only point you towards the loo, rather than walking you there and helping you off with your trousers.
  He took her to a consulting room and helped her off with her clothes, before indecently touching her.
  ‘A walk sounds good to me,’ replied Jeff, helping Maggie on with her coat.
  ‘Nonsense!’ she exclaimed, helping Vera off with her coat.
  He walked her out to the car, quickly grabbing his keys and coat and helping Lauren on with her own coat on their way out the door.
  Martina helps him on with his coat, her proprietary gaze examining his appearance.
  Then he helps Paul off with his Wellington boots and wet socks.
  After ten minutes, he returned and helped Matt on with his coat.
  He is fun and opens door and helps me on with my coat.
  She pulls her coat from the tall brass coat stand, and to her secret pleasure Doug helps her on with it.
  When I came home, Andy had taken his place and showed little inclination to get up after I helped R. on with her robe.
  He helps Justin on with his boots, and laces up a long black leather fingerless glove over Frankie's wrist.
  I am of the generation which says treat her as a lady: open the door for her, hold the chair out for her to sit down, help her on with her coat.
  I turned to the closet and fetched the coats, gloves and hats and took then to the chair and began helping Miss Sussana on with hers while Caroline helped her Mistress.
  She would smile as he returned home, helping him off with his lab coat as she explained that dinner would be ready in just a moment.
  He helps me on with my coat and we are outside in the cold winter air once again.
  ‘Oh thank god you're back,’ he said, helping me off with my backpack.
  He was over in a flash, zipped her up, helped her on with her coat: a complete gentleman.
  When we got home, I had to help her off with her clothes because she could hardly move for fear of hurting her head.
2help oneselfServe someone with (food or drink)
给（人）拿（食物或饮料）
may I help you to some more meat?
she helped herself to a biscuit
她给自己拿了一块饼干。
Example sentencesExamples
- Helping yourself to all of the Parma ham or finishing the milk is just looking for trouble.
- She helps herself to some of the leftovers and everyone notices again.
- Dave pours another plastic cup of sherry and helps himself to his 173rd Cadburys bar while ignoring colleagues' pleas of ‘Those were bought for the whole office, you know!’
- No-one is going to complain if you eat two or three of the pieces, but what would happen if you stood there helping yourself to piece after piece?
- The raiders broke into the community centre where the toddler group meets and ransacked four rooms, helping themselves to drinks and chocolate that had been bought for the tots.
- At the Bamboo it's basically a question of going in, taking a seat and then helping yourself as many times as you want to all you can eat.
- Sat at the kitchen table, with his fiancée, Sarah Wilson, at his side, he spots a bag of crisps and eagerly helps himself, as he recounts his ordeal over the last nine months.
- It has been long known that helping yourself frequently to fish can keep your heart from breaking, so to say.
- They ate food without their mother, helping themselves to chicken pulao, butter lentil and cucumber salad.
- It's well stocked with cocktail sausages and party food so don't worry about helping yourself to it all.
- Sources claim the sexy model and four female friends started helping themselves to spicy chicken wings and alcohol which had been laid out for rap stars.
- We moved close to an extremely scruffy exotic food mart where birds flew around helping themselves to the bulk bins of bulgur and excreting onto the green peppers.
- I'd read an account of firefighters helping themselves to almond biscotti in the shattered branches of Starbucks in and around Ground Zero, and if you thought hard about it there was real black irony in there somewhere.
- Everyone helps themselves to some juicy grilled hamburgers, some plump sausages and some plastic covered hotdogs.
- House guests drift in and out of the kitchen, helping themselves to cups of coffee.
- She eats one of your bananas and helps herself to a yoghurt before the doorbell rings.
- He always tries to eat my food and if we have visitors he often gets on to their chair and helps himself.
1. 2.1help oneself Take something without permission.
  未经允许拿（某物）, 擅自拿（某物）
  he helped himself to the wages she had brought home
  他擅自拿了她带回家的工资。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Don't go digging into your best friend's suitcase and helping yourself to her cashmere cardigan.
  The Competition Commission will criticise store cards for colluding to keep interest rates high, thereby helping themselves to £80m to £100m of extra credit interest.
  It's the same as putting your hand into your neighbour's pocket, taking out his or her wallet and helping yourself to its contents.
  The inhabitants of Eriskay earned a reputation as whisky lovers after helping themselves to the precious cargo of the SS Politician, which ran aground off the north-east coast of the island in 1941.
  Then he helps himself to a bunch of red roses on Darcy's night stand.
  So we have a campaign that helps itself to a quarter of a million pounds of your money.
  Looters were busily helping themselves to the weapons.
  My impression is that this responsiveness is noted and admired abroad, especially in countries whose leaders are in the habit of helping themselves and rewarding their cronies with ever larger slices of the national cake.
  Now, whenever Grandma visits, Zack is careful to whisper for permission in my ear, before reaching out and helping himself.
  They are only interested in helping themselves to what little you have in your bank account.
  Mum and Dad spent the next hour trying to explain that it was alright for them to take the money, that we hadn't just stolen the book and helped ourselves and then left an IOU.
  Helping yourself to the bank's money without asking will incur penalties of £30 each time, capped at a ceiling of £90 per month.
  In many cases their jobs have simply disappeared, gangsters are helping themselves to the nation's treasures and such basic services as electricity and potable water are suddenly no longer reliably available.
  She complains bitterly when her younger sister helps herself to her cosmetics or clothes, yet seems to think that my rants about her own, er, ‘borrowing’ habits are merely signs of selfishness and bad temper on my part.
  I would have thought the ability to become invisible could only underline the traditional strategy of surreptitiously helping yourself to extra Monopoly money.
  There's no helping yourself to anything: we have to cause as little harm to the people as possible, as little physical damage as possible.
  Carr blows his budget by caving in to the public sector unions over the years and therefore helps himself to some extra gaming tax dollars to save the day.
  She also visits every other table and helps herself to their tiny teddies.
  It simply helps itself to the findings of genuine experimental science without being instrumental in producing any of these findings.
  A postal worker who stole more than £25,000 by helping himself to pension and child benefit payments has been spared jail.
  Synonyms
  steal, take, appropriate, take possession of, ‘borrow’, ‘liberate’, pocket, purloin, commandeer, make free with, use without asking
  informal swipe, nab, filch, snaffle, blag, walk off with, run off with
  British informal nick, pinch, whip, knock off
  North American informal heist, glom
  West Indian informal tief
3can/could not help oneselfCannot or could not avoid.
无法避免，忍不住
he couldn't help laughing
他忍不住笑了。
I'm sorry to put you to any inconvenience, but it can't be helped
Example sentencesExamples
- I couldn't help but think that their owners would have felt considerable heartache.
- The following week, when back at home, we couldn't help but think of this video and the impact of it.
- Joan could feel tears well up in her eyes and she couldn't help but love her brother for who he was.
- He was so full of himself and so confident that he was going to make it big you couldn't help but fall in love with him.
- He was ignorant, and obnoxious, but you still couldn't help but feel sorry for him.
- This is intended as a condemnation, but I couldn't help but read it as a compliment.
- I hated fighting with her, but the time I couldn't help but feel it was unavoidable.
- I stared over at the picture of Matt and couldn't help but smile at his half-smile.
- Evander felt something clutch at him and he also couldn't help but notice who Christian was with.
- He stared at her thoughtfully, and she couldn't help but notice the intelligence in his eyes.
- As he got closer to Stuart, he couldn't help but laugh when he saw how filthy she was.
- At the same time, she couldn't help but wonder if she actually had to tell him about the whole encounter.
- Reviewing my labours over a cup of steaming hot coffee I couldn't help but think it had all been too easy.
- Even as her biceps rippled with pride, I couldn't help but reflect that life is too short.
- As much as Jade despised him, she couldn't help but gush at his gorgeous smile!
- Even so, he couldn't help but feel inferior to the men gathered in this room.
- I heard Ted Kennedy speaking last night and couldn't help but notice the man is losing his voice.
- The referees couldn't help but hear them shouting for the decisions to go our way.
- She did a funny little curtsy which Josh and Silver couldn't help but laugh at.
- He watched his sister depart sadly and he couldn't help but worry about her.
Synonyms
be unable to stop, be unable to prevent oneself from, be unable to refrain from, be unable to keep from, be unable to forbear from, be unable to break the habit of
1. 3.1can/could not help oneself Cannot or could not stop oneself from doing something.
  she couldn't help herself; she burst into tears
  她无法控制自己，突然大哭起来。
  Example sentencesExamples
  You know I hate to laugh at the misfortune of others - in this case though, I couldn't help myself.
  Then he couldn't help himself, couldn't stop his eyes from momentarily moving to the cemetery.
  I gave him a big hug and told him he had my total support for his actions today, but then I couldn't help myself from telling him to be most careful of the roads.
  I couldn't help myself as indignant words came out of my mouth.
  It was something she got caught up in and couldn't help herself.
  Dad had sat there quietly watching Dan take on Brendan and then Joel, but he just couldn't help himself - he had to repeat last year's triumph.
  They cleverly asked her questions, and she couldn't help herself, she couldn't resist answering them.
  We were laughing and laughing and couldn't stop, couldn't help ourselves.
  People know it makes no sense to leap on the bonnet of their car as a thief drives it off, but this 83-year-old have-a-go hero couldn't help himself.
  He was wasting his time, of course, but he couldn't help himself.
  Hansen admitted what he did was wrong, but claimed that he couldn't help himself.
  A middle-aged man could not help himself and said to them, ‘Girls, stop yelling!’
  I knew I should've stopped there but I couldn't help myself.
  I gave away the ending, but it was so good I just couldn't help myself.
  But I couldn't help myself from questioning why he wanted to be with her - surely I was enough for him?
  Richter probably would have enhanced his chances at getting the new position had he refused to comment, but he couldn't help himself.
  The feminists were arguing against a dominant view that saw rape as a ‘crime of passion’, the idea that men raped because they saw a sexy woman and couldn't help themselves.
  She tried to stop licking her lips but she couldn't help herself.
  I wanted to point out the fact that, well, he couldn't help himself from doing that thing, that thing he was so used to doing, all the time.
  I apologize for all the links, but they were all so good that I couldn't help myself.

noun hɛlphɛlp

mass noun

1The action of helping someone to do something.
I asked for help from my neighbours
我请求邻居帮助。
Example sentencesExamples
- The FBI has also been too reluctant in the past to accept help or advice from other security services.
- He added that the posters might be seen by a friend or relative of a violent man who could encourage him to seek help to curb his behaviour.
- So tonight, I ask for your help in encouraging your representatives to support my plan.
- A pensioner was able to call on expert help from a neighbour when a fire broke out at her house in Long Compton.
- All are protected and encouraged to seek help to make the necessary adjustments.
- With Vincent at the helm the local support group offer help and advice to the asylum seekers.
- Mrs Clark then heard cries for help from neighbours who had found her son hanging by a ligature from a porch outside his home.
- Once in treatment caseworkers provide help and advice on keeping drug-free, or finding a job or home.
- Eventually, the stray let go long enough for her to get away and find help from a neighbour.
- For any neighbour who needs help, be it doing shopping or something else, he is there.
- The pilot will work with deaf children of all ages, providing help and advice to those with mental health needs.
- The next step is to provide your ongoing support while encouraging them to get help.
- All of you provided me with invaluable help and advice that aided me to gain my first year certificate with a Merit pass.
- God help us should we as a nation ever need unpaid help from our neighbours.
- She went to a neighbour's house for help and the neighbour went to Edna's home and called the police.
- It has called on Business Link York and North Yorkshire for help and advice to achieve its aim within three years.
- They all escaped after jumping from the top floor of the burning house thanks to their neighbours' help.
- Businesses can tap into a wide range of help and advice on how to make the best use of computer technology at exhibitions next week.
- With all this it is the hope that Waterford City will become a litter free zone, but we need your help!
- She gives advice, guidance, help, and motivation to her students at City College.
Synonyms
assistance, aid, a helping hand, support, succour, advice, guidance, solution
1. 1.1 The fact of being useful.
  有用
  the skimpy manual isn't much help for beginners
  这么粗略的说明手册对初学者没什么用。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The relaxation will, however, be of little help to British travellers, initially at least.
  A positive state of mind is also thought to be of great help in protecting against such problems.
  This is not much help for determining adverse effects if they aren't common and the trials aren't very large.
  He intends to run the 500 yards, but believes his strict fitness regime won't be much help.
  In the event, we have got a new side road whose cycle path is only of direct help to those travelling to and from York.
  Thus annual measurement would be of little help in avoiding serious effects.
  The idea is not of much help in reading Aeschylus and of intermittent usefulness in Euripides.
  Synonyms
  functionality, practicality, serviceability, fitness, adequacy, handiness, neatness, convenience, utility, use, effectiveness, efficacy
2. 1.2 A person or thing that helps.
  有帮助的人（或物）
  she's been given financial help with travel
  in singular he was a great help
  他帮了大忙。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Jacob was an awesome help to me too, setting up my floor lamp and my bed, and moving furniture around.
  Members of the Kilmeena community also come out and have been a tremendous help.
  He was a great help to me, videoing me going over fences and correcting mistakes.
  For most families with children it is a great help in their daily lives to have a car.
  He could probably do with getting a bit stronger again, but that strength has been a huge help to him.
  I think it would be an interesting discussion for you and it would be a huge help to me.
  Upon what in their historical tradition can they safely look back as a guide or a help?
  Knowing Gerry, and having seen how well he fitted in at school was a great help to me when I heard the news.
  A lot of the team played for the first time this year, and that would have been a huge help to them next season.
  A nearby lake or stream can be an important help in fighting fire and damping down afterwards.
  She was a big help at the farm, looking after the children and keeping the house.
  This should be a considerable help to the company as it seeks to expand its overseas empire.
  The real estate agent was a great help to us, finding this home in Middle Stewiacke.
  Of course having two fantastic actors to play the leading characters is a big help.
  It would be a great help for both vendors and occupants or employees of the buildings.
  Proper funding to humanities departments in universities would also be a big help.
  From the musicians' point of view, Longshot has been a tremendous help to the city.
  The committee for the old church and the ladies' committee were a great help organising the event.
  He was asked if the early poll which showed him losing his seat had in fact been a help.
  For young people who need to hone their social skills, IM can be more a detour than a help.
  Synonyms
  support, assistance, aid
3. 1.3count noun A domestic employee.
  家仆或雇员
  she has taught herself to cook since the defection of the last of the village helps
  the help cleaned up the leftover food and half-drunk cocktails
  Synonyms
  domestic worker, domestic help, domestic servant, cleaner, cleaning woman, cleaning lady, home help, maid, housemaid, housekeeper, servant, hired help, helper, assistant, employee, worker
  British informal daily, daily woman, skivvy, Mrs Mop
  British dated charwoman, charlady, char
  archaic scullion, abigail
4. 1.4as modifier Giving assistance to a computer user in the form of displayed instructions.
  （以显示指令的方式对计算机用户）提供帮助
  a help menu
  帮助菜单。
  Example sentencesExamples
  New help topics specifically addressing cookies and cookie management are being added.
  The other main opening tool is the repertoire database, which has good help documentation.
  Do a Windows help search for wireless card properties and power management if you are unsure.
  Requiring them to write is like requiring software developers to write good help files.
  One would think the author never bothered to read Google's help section!
  He's got a lovely script translated from the help files to walk you through!
  Be sure to check out what all the toolbar buttons do, and browse through the help section, too.
  For help and advice on downloading this clip see the BBC Audio Video help page.
  There is a detailed help file and I have found email support adequate for my needs.
  When was the last time you used an online help system or opened a computer software manual?
  Why isn't there a help page indicating how I should structure my queries to get the right results?
  As a result the hardware maker agreed to change its source code, user manuals and help screens.
  According to the help website, it's because using the alt option like this is wrong.
  Last time Microsoft patched it by requiring that the help files run from the local file system.

exclamationhɛlphɛlp

Used as an appeal for urgent assistance.
（用于紧急求救）救命
Help! I'm drowning!
救命呀！我要沉下去了！

Phrases

a helping hand

Assistance.
助手，援助之手
she was always ready to lend a helping hand
她总是乐于伸出援助之手。
Example sentencesExamples
- She was a wonderful neighbour and friend and loved to lend a helping hand and words of encouragement.
- Billy and John are great supporters of the guild always ready to lend a helping hand.
- Jim was a good-hearted and kind man, who always had time to lend a helping hand or stop and chat.
- A good and kind neighbour, Josie always liked to lend a helping hand and sound advice.
- The Asian diplomatic community has lent a helping hand to the students.
- He seemed to always know just exactly what to say and he was always ready to lend a helping hand to anyone.
- Around midnight however the skies lent a helping hand with a steady drizzle.
- People who lived in a community all knew each other and lent a helping hand whenever they could.
- The bank realized that during this difficult situation it had to lend them a helping hand.
- She was a fine neighbour who could always be relied on to lend a helping hand and good advice.
Synonyms
assistance, aid, a helping hand, support, succour, advice, guidance, solution

so help me (God)

Used to emphasize that one means what one is saying.
（上帝）作证（用于强调某人说话算话）
if you don't get out, so help me I'll let you have it
Example sentencesExamples
- Don't you speak to me that way, Marissa, so help me God!
- It may have deprived me of the full experience, but so help me, I just can't bring myself to watch the accompanying DVD.
- You owe me, and so help me God, if you don't tell me what the hell is going on, I swear I will walk out that door and find a phone to call the police.
- And so help me God, if I ever see another montage again, something terrible is going to happen.
- But so help me, I just don't have the strength of will to do it.
- And now that you are mine… so help me God, I'll never let you get away again.
- When I put my hand on the Bible, I will swear to not only uphold the laws of our land, I will swear to uphold the honor and dignity of the office to which I have been elected, so help me God.
- I am a dyed-in-the-wool cynic, so help me.
- So help me God, if you stop any member of my staff one more time for another one of your needless questions, you will be dealing with me.
- If he doesn't, he'll get the left-overs from last night, so help me!

there is no help for it

There is no way of avoiding or remedying a situation.
（情形，处境）无可避免，无法补救
we'll be up all night but there's no help for it
Example sentencesExamples
- Of course it usually meant bitterness all over, but he saw no help for it.
- You are too young for this, but there is no help for it.
- I'm never going to be able to look at her paws because she won't let me pick her up, so, if that's the case, there's no help for it except to go to the vet.
- He knew what she was saying, knew there was no help for it.
- Still, there was no help for it; war would come eventually.
- ‘Nobody knows how I hated to see the boys go to war,’ Treadway mourned privately, ‘but it seems there is no other way and no help for it.
- But there was no help for it at that point, so I turned back and hurried to wash out my hair and scrub my face and teeth.
- It was drastically different from my anonymity when I was dressed as a peasant, and I missed the freedom, but there was no help for it, so I just pretended I couldn't see them and kept walking.
- They'd overslept, Viviane had missed them, she'd find them out, everything they'd worked for would be lost and there was no help for it.
- Should we have left the poor creature to lie there dying while marking time for these officials to arrive, finally for them to decide after a few days of waiting that there was no help for it but to shoot it and put it out of its misery at last?

Origin

Old English helpan (verb), help (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch helpen and German helfen.

Old English help lies behind helpmate. This is found in the late 17th century as helpmeet which comes from Genesis 2:18 where Eve is described as ‘an help meet for’ Adam. ‘Meet’ means suitable, but as the word became more obscure in the early 18th century it was changed to mate.

Rhymes

kelp, whelp, yelp

Definition of help in US English:

help

verbhɛlphelp

[with object]

1Make it easier for (someone) to do something by offering one's services or resources.
帮助，援助，资助，救助
with object and infinitive she helped him find a buyer
no object the teenager helped out in the corner store
这个少年在街角小店帮忙。
Roger's companion helped him with the rent
Example sentencesExamples
- This is a voluntary run service which helps families under stress who have children under five years of age.
- A mediation service which helps young people at risk of becoming homeless is celebrating its first birthday.
- Those stories are filtered as little as possible to help the readers find the stories they want.
- After using the services at a local credit counseling service that helps members with debt reduction, she was able to get on the road to rebuilding her credit.
- Sometimes we were helped out by relations and friends with muscles and, of course, the boys chipped in.
- The crazy culture sweeping this country is driving up insurance costs and making vital services think twice before helping us.
- An advisory service helps parents to buy wheelchairs, braces, special shoes and equipment for their children.
- The service includes helping users to get up in the morning, bed baths, and other domestic activities that they may not be able to perform on their own.
- Its main product is a Web-based service that helps doctors run their practices more efficiently and more profitably.
- But he credits his religion and several social service groups with helping him slowly regain a sense of normalcy.
- The service helps client choose the right kind of invitation cards, the grooming and the beauty treatment and the wedding shopping.
- Former librarian Karen Bali has set up a service helping people trace their family and friends.
- Well, I helped out then and Boris is helping me out now.
- Staff work around the clock to ensure these youngsters cram as much into their short years as possible while helping their parents to come to terms with the inevitable.
- It is a six-week service which helps elderly clients ‘get back on their feet’.
- Her colleagues have been helping her in all possible ways, including reading out the latest developments in the field.
- It often includes supporting material that helps readers see why the story is important.
- There was a secret service agent that was helping me with first aid - he's now the chief of the Capitol Police.
- Long-term funding is desperately being sought for a voluntary service that helps local victims of domestic violence.
- We are not searching for a cure, just the best possible education to help him reach his potential.
Synonyms
assist, aid, help out, lend a hand to, lend a helping hand to, give assistance to, come to the aid of, succour, aid and abet
1. 1.1 Improve (a situation or problem); be of benefit to.
  对（情况或问题）有帮助，有助于；有益于
  upbeat comments about prospects helped confidence
  对前景乐观的评论有助于树立信心。
  no object legislation to fit all new cars with catalytic converters will help
  立法对新车都安装催化转化器会有所帮助。
  sore throats can be helped by gargling
  含漱剂能减轻喉咙痛。
  Example sentencesExamples
  In Nicaragua today the most obvious need is decent housing and all monies raised from the night will go a long way in helping the situation there.
  I don't think what we're doing, like right now, the going back and forth with each other, is really helping the situation.
  On the romance front, his case was not helped by the chat-up technique he adopted.
  Writing about it like this helps the situation somewhat, mind you.
  Mackay might as well not be Scottish, for all that it has helped his international prospects.
  Many factors propel the daily newspaper toward its decline, but the present management of the papers are not helping their situation.
  On the question of refugees, suffice to say that the crisis was hardly helped by the bombing campaign itself.
  Attempts to alleviate the sanitation problem were not helped by the Black Death itself.
  Lizzie's plight was not helped by the death in the past month of her doting dad, Seamus.
  I remain unconvinced that the occupation forces are really helping the situation, instead of continuing to antagonize large sections of the people.
  He also says the connection between drugs and violence helps his case.
  So, how is this serious problem helped by making it even more difficult for those debts to be repaid?
  This situation is not helped by the predicament he has with his wide midfield players.
  I think the worst of the weather is over but the continuing rain will not help the situation and it is likely to get colder again.
  Higher density means fewer long commutes, which helps gridlock problems and is good for the environment.
  I don't think this story helps their case exactly.
  The situation is not helped by the fact that the mist is making the court damp and slippy.
  The situation isn't helped by the fact he can't remember exactly what he said or did.
  A small Yorkshire charity has been helping the plight of Romanian orphans for the past decade.
  If donated food is unhealthy, it isn't helping the problem of hunger - it's making it worse.
  Synonyms
  relieve, soothe, ameliorate, alleviate, make better, ease, improve, assuage, palliate, lessen, mitigate
2. 1.2with object and adverbial of direction Assist (someone) to move in a specified direction.
  帮助（人）（依特定方向移动），扶
  I helped her up
  我扶她起来。
  Example sentencesExamples
  One defendant reassured him in his own language, Italian, and he was helped out of a window.
  A police spokesman said the driver was helped out of the car by people nearby and that no-one was injured.
  The arena has emptied by the time the stricken fighter is helped out of the ring.
  The girl was beside the table before I could even move, helping me down slowly without really touching me too much.
3. 1.3help someone on/off with Assist someone to put on or take off (a garment).
  帮助（人）穿上（或脱下）（衣服）
  Example sentencesExamples
  He is fun and opens door and helps me on with my coat.
  He walked her out to the car, quickly grabbing his keys and coat and helping Lauren on with her own coat on their way out the door.
  She pulls her coat from the tall brass coat stand, and to her secret pleasure Doug helps her on with it.
  I am of the generation which says treat her as a lady: open the door for her, hold the chair out for her to sit down, help her on with her coat.
  He helps Justin on with his boots, and laces up a long black leather fingerless glove over Frankie's wrist.
  When we got home, I had to help her off with her clothes because she could hardly move for fear of hurting her head.
  Then he helps Paul off with his Wellington boots and wet socks.
  When I came home, Andy had taken his place and showed little inclination to get up after I helped R. on with her robe.
  I turned to the closet and fetched the coats, gloves and hats and took then to the chair and began helping Miss Sussana on with hers while Caroline helped her Mistress.
  He was over in a flash, zipped her up, helped her on with her coat: a complete gentleman.
  He took her to a consulting room and helped her off with her clothes, before indecently touching her.
  Martina helps him on with his coat, her proprietary gaze examining his appearance.
  ‘Nonsense!’ she exclaimed, helping Vera off with her coat.
  After ten minutes, he returned and helped Matt on with his coat.
  ‘A walk sounds good to me,’ replied Jeff, helping Maggie on with her coat.
  Then you've got to help him off with what's left of his shirt.
  She would smile as he returned home, helping him off with his lab coat as she explained that dinner would be ready in just a moment.
  He helps me on with my coat and we are outside in the cold winter air once again.
  ‘Oh thank god you're back,’ he said, helping me off with my backpack.
  Uniquely, for so starred an establishment, they only point you towards the loo, rather than walking you there and helping you off with your trousers.
2help oneselfServe someone with (food or drink)
给（人）拿（食物或饮料）
she helped herself to a cookie
她给自己拿了一块饼干。
Example sentencesExamples
- It has been long known that helping yourself frequently to fish can keep your heart from breaking, so to say.
- I'd read an account of firefighters helping themselves to almond biscotti in the shattered branches of Starbucks in and around Ground Zero, and if you thought hard about it there was real black irony in there somewhere.
- Sources claim the sexy model and four female friends started helping themselves to spicy chicken wings and alcohol which had been laid out for rap stars.
- Helping yourself to all of the Parma ham or finishing the milk is just looking for trouble.
- At the Bamboo it's basically a question of going in, taking a seat and then helping yourself as many times as you want to all you can eat.
- They ate food without their mother, helping themselves to chicken pulao, butter lentil and cucumber salad.
- No-one is going to complain if you eat two or three of the pieces, but what would happen if you stood there helping yourself to piece after piece?
- The raiders broke into the community centre where the toddler group meets and ransacked four rooms, helping themselves to drinks and chocolate that had been bought for the tots.
- He always tries to eat my food and if we have visitors he often gets on to their chair and helps himself.
- We moved close to an extremely scruffy exotic food mart where birds flew around helping themselves to the bulk bins of bulgur and excreting onto the green peppers.
- Everyone helps themselves to some juicy grilled hamburgers, some plump sausages and some plastic covered hotdogs.
- Dave pours another plastic cup of sherry and helps himself to his 173rd Cadburys bar while ignoring colleagues' pleas of ‘Those were bought for the whole office, you know!’
- It's well stocked with cocktail sausages and party food so don't worry about helping yourself to it all.
- She eats one of your bananas and helps herself to a yoghurt before the doorbell rings.
- Sat at the kitchen table, with his fiancée, Sarah Wilson, at his side, he spots a bag of crisps and eagerly helps himself, as he recounts his ordeal over the last nine months.
- House guests drift in and out of the kitchen, helping themselves to cups of coffee.
- She helps herself to some of the leftovers and everyone notices again.
1. 2.1help oneself Take something without permission.
  未经允许拿（某物）, 擅自拿（某物）
  he helped himself to the wages she had brought home
  他擅自拿了她带回家的工资。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Then he helps himself to a bunch of red roses on Darcy's night stand.
  I would have thought the ability to become invisible could only underline the traditional strategy of surreptitiously helping yourself to extra Monopoly money.
  The inhabitants of Eriskay earned a reputation as whisky lovers after helping themselves to the precious cargo of the SS Politician, which ran aground off the north-east coast of the island in 1941.
  Carr blows his budget by caving in to the public sector unions over the years and therefore helps himself to some extra gaming tax dollars to save the day.
  Now, whenever Grandma visits, Zack is careful to whisper for permission in my ear, before reaching out and helping himself.
  The Competition Commission will criticise store cards for colluding to keep interest rates high, thereby helping themselves to £80m to £100m of extra credit interest.
  My impression is that this responsiveness is noted and admired abroad, especially in countries whose leaders are in the habit of helping themselves and rewarding their cronies with ever larger slices of the national cake.
  Helping yourself to the bank's money without asking will incur penalties of £30 each time, capped at a ceiling of £90 per month.
  Don't go digging into your best friend's suitcase and helping yourself to her cashmere cardigan.
  She also visits every other table and helps herself to their tiny teddies.
  A postal worker who stole more than £25,000 by helping himself to pension and child benefit payments has been spared jail.
  It simply helps itself to the findings of genuine experimental science without being instrumental in producing any of these findings.
  Mum and Dad spent the next hour trying to explain that it was alright for them to take the money, that we hadn't just stolen the book and helped ourselves and then left an IOU.
  She complains bitterly when her younger sister helps herself to her cosmetics or clothes, yet seems to think that my rants about her own, er, ‘borrowing’ habits are merely signs of selfishness and bad temper on my part.
  In many cases their jobs have simply disappeared, gangsters are helping themselves to the nation's treasures and such basic services as electricity and potable water are suddenly no longer reliably available.
  They are only interested in helping themselves to what little you have in your bank account.
  There's no helping yourself to anything: we have to cause as little harm to the people as possible, as little physical damage as possible.
  Looters were busily helping themselves to the weapons.
  So we have a campaign that helps itself to a quarter of a million pounds of your money.
  It's the same as putting your hand into your neighbour's pocket, taking out his or her wallet and helping yourself to its contents.
  Synonyms
  steal, take, appropriate, take possession of, pocket, purloin, commandeer, make free with, use without asking
3can/could not help oneselfCannot or could not avoid.
无法避免，忍不住
he could not help laughing
他忍不住笑了。
you can't help but agree
Example sentencesExamples
- He was so full of himself and so confident that he was going to make it big you couldn't help but fall in love with him.
- Reviewing my labours over a cup of steaming hot coffee I couldn't help but think it had all been too easy.
- Even as her biceps rippled with pride, I couldn't help but reflect that life is too short.
- The following week, when back at home, we couldn't help but think of this video and the impact of it.
- He was ignorant, and obnoxious, but you still couldn't help but feel sorry for him.
- I hated fighting with her, but the time I couldn't help but feel it was unavoidable.
- I couldn't help but think that their owners would have felt considerable heartache.
- As much as Jade despised him, she couldn't help but gush at his gorgeous smile!
- He watched his sister depart sadly and he couldn't help but worry about her.
- Joan could feel tears well up in her eyes and she couldn't help but love her brother for who he was.
- I heard Ted Kennedy speaking last night and couldn't help but notice the man is losing his voice.
- As he got closer to Stuart, he couldn't help but laugh when he saw how filthy she was.
- At the same time, she couldn't help but wonder if she actually had to tell him about the whole encounter.
- He stared at her thoughtfully, and she couldn't help but notice the intelligence in his eyes.
- This is intended as a condemnation, but I couldn't help but read it as a compliment.
- Even so, he couldn't help but feel inferior to the men gathered in this room.
- The referees couldn't help but hear them shouting for the decisions to go our way.
- I stared over at the picture of Matt and couldn't help but smile at his half-smile.
- Evander felt something clutch at him and he also couldn't help but notice who Christian was with.
- She did a funny little curtsy which Josh and Silver couldn't help but laugh at.
Synonyms
be unable to stop, be unable to prevent oneself from, be unable to refrain from, be unable to keep from, be unable to forbear from, be unable to break the habit of
1. 3.1can/could not help oneself Cannot or could not stop oneself from acting in a certain way.
  情不自禁，忍不住
  she couldn't help herself; she burst into tears
  她无法控制自己，突然大哭起来。
  Example sentencesExamples
  He was wasting his time, of course, but he couldn't help himself.
  The feminists were arguing against a dominant view that saw rape as a ‘crime of passion’, the idea that men raped because they saw a sexy woman and couldn't help themselves.
  I wanted to point out the fact that, well, he couldn't help himself from doing that thing, that thing he was so used to doing, all the time.
  It was something she got caught up in and couldn't help herself.
  I apologize for all the links, but they were all so good that I couldn't help myself.
  A middle-aged man could not help himself and said to them, ‘Girls, stop yelling!’
  We were laughing and laughing and couldn't stop, couldn't help ourselves.
  I gave him a big hug and told him he had my total support for his actions today, but then I couldn't help myself from telling him to be most careful of the roads.
  Then he couldn't help himself, couldn't stop his eyes from momentarily moving to the cemetery.
  I knew I should've stopped there but I couldn't help myself.
  She tried to stop licking her lips but she couldn't help herself.
  Richter probably would have enhanced his chances at getting the new position had he refused to comment, but he couldn't help himself.
  Dad had sat there quietly watching Dan take on Brendan and then Joel, but he just couldn't help himself - he had to repeat last year's triumph.
  You know I hate to laugh at the misfortune of others - in this case though, I couldn't help myself.
  They cleverly asked her questions, and she couldn't help herself, she couldn't resist answering them.
  I gave away the ending, but it was so good I just couldn't help myself.
  I couldn't help myself as indignant words came out of my mouth.
  Hansen admitted what he did was wrong, but claimed that he couldn't help himself.
  But I couldn't help myself from questioning why he wanted to be with her - surely I was enough for him?
  People know it makes no sense to leap on the bonnet of their car as a thief drives it off, but this 83-year-old have-a-go hero couldn't help himself.

nounhɛlphelp

1The action of helping someone to do something; assistance.
I asked for help from my neighbors
我请求邻居帮助。
thank you for your help
谢谢你的帮助。
Example sentencesExamples
- It has called on Business Link York and North Yorkshire for help and advice to achieve its aim within three years.
- The pilot will work with deaf children of all ages, providing help and advice to those with mental health needs.
- They all escaped after jumping from the top floor of the burning house thanks to their neighbours' help.
- She went to a neighbour's house for help and the neighbour went to Edna's home and called the police.
- Businesses can tap into a wide range of help and advice on how to make the best use of computer technology at exhibitions next week.
- With Vincent at the helm the local support group offer help and advice to the asylum seekers.
- God help us should we as a nation ever need unpaid help from our neighbours.
- She gives advice, guidance, help, and motivation to her students at City College.
- For any neighbour who needs help, be it doing shopping or something else, he is there.
- All of you provided me with invaluable help and advice that aided me to gain my first year certificate with a Merit pass.
- With all this it is the hope that Waterford City will become a litter free zone, but we need your help!
- So tonight, I ask for your help in encouraging your representatives to support my plan.
- Once in treatment caseworkers provide help and advice on keeping drug-free, or finding a job or home.
- Eventually, the stray let go long enough for her to get away and find help from a neighbour.
- The FBI has also been too reluctant in the past to accept help or advice from other security services.
- A pensioner was able to call on expert help from a neighbour when a fire broke out at her house in Long Compton.
- All are protected and encouraged to seek help to make the necessary adjustments.
- The next step is to provide your ongoing support while encouraging them to get help.
- He added that the posters might be seen by a friend or relative of a violent man who could encourage him to seek help to curb his behaviour.
- Mrs Clark then heard cries for help from neighbours who had found her son hanging by a ligature from a porch outside his home.
Synonyms
assistance, aid, a helping hand, support, succour, advice, guidance, solution
1. 1.1in singular A person or thing that helps.
  有帮助的人（或物）
  he was a great help
  他帮了大忙。
  Example sentencesExamples
  He was asked if the early poll which showed him losing his seat had in fact been a help.
  A nearby lake or stream can be an important help in fighting fire and damping down afterwards.
  Upon what in their historical tradition can they safely look back as a guide or a help?
  For most families with children it is a great help in their daily lives to have a car.
  She was a big help at the farm, looking after the children and keeping the house.
  Members of the Kilmeena community also come out and have been a tremendous help.
  It would be a great help for both vendors and occupants or employees of the buildings.
  Of course having two fantastic actors to play the leading characters is a big help.
  For young people who need to hone their social skills, IM can be more a detour than a help.
  The real estate agent was a great help to us, finding this home in Middle Stewiacke.
  He could probably do with getting a bit stronger again, but that strength has been a huge help to him.
  Jacob was an awesome help to me too, setting up my floor lamp and my bed, and moving furniture around.
  This should be a considerable help to the company as it seeks to expand its overseas empire.
  I think it would be an interesting discussion for you and it would be a huge help to me.
  Proper funding to humanities departments in universities would also be a big help.
  A lot of the team played for the first time this year, and that would have been a huge help to them next season.
  The committee for the old church and the ladies' committee were a great help organising the event.
  He was a great help to me, videoing me going over fences and correcting mistakes.
  Knowing Gerry, and having seen how well he fitted in at school was a great help to me when I heard the news.
  From the musicians' point of view, Longshot has been a tremendous help to the city.
  Synonyms
  support, assistance, aid
2. 1.2 A domestic employee.
  家仆或雇员
  she has taught herself to cook since the defection of the last of the village helps
  the help cleaned up the leftover food and half-drunk cocktails
  Synonyms
  domestic worker, domestic help, domestic servant, cleaner, cleaning woman, cleaning lady, home help, maid, housemaid, housekeeper, servant, hired help, helper, assistant, employee, worker
3. 1.3as modifier Giving assistance to a computer user in the form of displayed instructions.
  （以显示指令的方式对计算机用户）提供帮助
  a help menu
  帮助菜单。
  Example sentencesExamples
  As a result the hardware maker agreed to change its source code, user manuals and help screens.
  For help and advice on downloading this clip see the BBC Audio Video help page.
  Last time Microsoft patched it by requiring that the help files run from the local file system.
  When was the last time you used an online help system or opened a computer software manual?
  Requiring them to write is like requiring software developers to write good help files.
  The other main opening tool is the repertoire database, which has good help documentation.
  He's got a lovely script translated from the help files to walk you through!
  Do a Windows help search for wireless card properties and power management if you are unsure.
  There is a detailed help file and I have found email support adequate for my needs.
  Be sure to check out what all the toolbar buttons do, and browse through the help section, too.
  According to the help website, it's because using the alt option like this is wrong.
  New help topics specifically addressing cookies and cookie management are being added.
  One would think the author never bothered to read Google's help section!
  Why isn't there a help page indicating how I should structure my queries to get the right results?

exclamationhɛlphelp

Used as an appeal for urgent assistance.
（用于紧急求救）救命
Help! I'm drowning!
救命呀！我要沉下去了！

Phrases

so help me (God)

Used to emphasize that one means what one is saying.
（上帝）作证（用于强调某人说话算话）
Example sentencesExamples
- And so help me God, if I ever see another montage again, something terrible is going to happen.
- If he doesn't, he'll get the left-overs from last night, so help me!
- But so help me, I just don't have the strength of will to do it.
- So help me God, if you stop any member of my staff one more time for another one of your needless questions, you will be dealing with me.
- When I put my hand on the Bible, I will swear to not only uphold the laws of our land, I will swear to uphold the honor and dignity of the office to which I have been elected, so help me God.
- You owe me, and so help me God, if you don't tell me what the hell is going on, I swear I will walk out that door and find a phone to call the police.
- I am a dyed-in-the-wool cynic, so help me.
- And now that you are mine… so help me God, I'll never let you get away again.
- It may have deprived me of the full experience, but so help me, I just can't bring myself to watch the accompanying DVD.
- Don't you speak to me that way, Marissa, so help me God!

there is no help for it

There is no way of avoiding or remedying a situation.
（情形，处境）无可避免，无法补救
Example sentencesExamples
- You are too young for this, but there is no help for it.
- ‘Nobody knows how I hated to see the boys go to war,’ Treadway mourned privately, ‘but it seems there is no other way and no help for it.
- But there was no help for it at that point, so I turned back and hurried to wash out my hair and scrub my face and teeth.
- It was drastically different from my anonymity when I was dressed as a peasant, and I missed the freedom, but there was no help for it, so I just pretended I couldn't see them and kept walking.
- Still, there was no help for it; war would come eventually.
- Of course it usually meant bitterness all over, but he saw no help for it.
- I'm never going to be able to look at her paws because she won't let me pick her up, so, if that's the case, there's no help for it except to go to the vet.
- He knew what she was saying, knew there was no help for it.
- They'd overslept, Viviane had missed them, she'd find them out, everything they'd worked for would be lost and there was no help for it.
- Should we have left the poor creature to lie there dying while marking time for these officials to arrive, finally for them to decide after a few days of waiting that there was no help for it but to shoot it and put it out of its misery at last?

Origin

Old English helpan (verb), help (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch helpen and German helfen.

词汇	help
释义	Definition of help in English: help verb hɛlphɛlp [with object] 1Make it easier or possible for (someone) to do something by offering them one's services or resources. 帮助，援助，资助，救助 they helped her with domestic chores 他们帮她做家庭杂务。 with object and infinitive she helped him find a buyer no object the teenager helped out in the corner shop 这个少年在街角小店帮忙。 Example sentencesExamples There was a secret service agent that was helping me with first aid - he's now the chief of the Capitol Police. Her colleagues have been helping her in all possible ways, including reading out the latest developments in the field. Those stories are filtered as little as possible to help the readers find the stories they want. The service includes helping users to get up in the morning, bed baths, and other domestic activities that they may not be able to perform on their own. Staff work around the clock to ensure these youngsters cram as much into their short years as possible while helping their parents to come to terms with the inevitable. Former librarian Karen Bali has set up a service helping people trace their family and friends. This is a voluntary run service which helps families under stress who have children under five years of age. It often includes supporting material that helps readers see why the story is important. The crazy culture sweeping this country is driving up insurance costs and making vital services think twice before helping us. Long-term funding is desperately being sought for a voluntary service that helps local victims of domestic violence. Sometimes we were helped out by relations and friends with muscles and, of course, the boys chipped in. Its main product is a Web-based service that helps doctors run their practices more efficiently and more profitably. The service helps client choose the right kind of invitation cards, the grooming and the beauty treatment and the wedding shopping. But he credits his religion and several social service groups with helping him slowly regain a sense of normalcy. Well, I helped out then and Boris is helping me out now. An advisory service helps parents to buy wheelchairs, braces, special shoes and equipment for their children. After using the services at a local credit counseling service that helps members with debt reduction, she was able to get on the road to rebuilding her credit. A mediation service which helps young people at risk of becoming homeless is celebrating its first birthday. It is a six-week service which helps elderly clients ‘get back on their feet’. We are not searching for a cure, just the best possible education to help him reach his potential. Synonyms assist, aid, help out, lend a hand to, lend a helping hand to, give assistance to, come to the aid of, succour, aid and abet be of service to, be of use to, be useful to do someone a favour, do someone a service, do someone a good turn, bail/bale someone out, come to someone's rescue, give someone a leg up cooperate with, do one's bit for, rally round, pitch in, chip in informal get someone out of a tight spot, save someone's bacon, save someone's skin British informal muck in with, get stuck in with 1.1 Improve (a situation or problem); be of benefit to. 对（情况或问题）有帮助，有助于；有益于 upbeat comments about prospects helped confidence 对前景乐观的评论有助于树立信心。 no object legislation to fit all new cars with catalytic converters will help 立法对新车都安装催化转化器会有所帮助。 Example sentencesExamples Attempts to alleviate the sanitation problem were not helped by the Black Death itself. I don't think this story helps their case exactly. Higher density means fewer long commutes, which helps gridlock problems and is good for the environment. So, how is this serious problem helped by making it even more difficult for those debts to be repaid? I don't think what we're doing, like right now, the going back and forth with each other, is really helping the situation. On the question of refugees, suffice to say that the crisis was hardly helped by the bombing campaign itself. I think the worst of the weather is over but the continuing rain will not help the situation and it is likely to get colder again. On the romance front, his case was not helped by the chat-up technique he adopted. The situation is not helped by the fact that the mist is making the court damp and slippy. This situation is not helped by the predicament he has with his wide midfield players. I remain unconvinced that the occupation forces are really helping the situation, instead of continuing to antagonize large sections of the people. Many factors propel the daily newspaper toward its decline, but the present management of the papers are not helping their situation. In Nicaragua today the most obvious need is decent housing and all monies raised from the night will go a long way in helping the situation there. The situation isn't helped by the fact he can't remember exactly what he said or did. Lizzie's plight was not helped by the death in the past month of her doting dad, Seamus. A small Yorkshire charity has been helping the plight of Romanian orphans for the past decade. Mackay might as well not be Scottish, for all that it has helped his international prospects. If donated food is unhealthy, it isn't helping the problem of hunger - it's making it worse. He also says the connection between drugs and violence helps his case. Writing about it like this helps the situation somewhat, mind you. Synonyms relieve, soothe, ameliorate, alleviate, make better, ease, improve, assuage, palliate, lessen, mitigate remedy, cure, heal, restore 1.2with object and adverbial of direction Assist (someone) to move. I helped her up 我扶她起来。 Example sentencesExamples The arena has emptied by the time the stricken fighter is helped out of the ring. One defendant reassured him in his own language, Italian, and he was helped out of a window. A police spokesman said the driver was helped out of the car by people nearby and that no-one was injured. The girl was beside the table before I could even move, helping me down slowly without really touching me too much. 1.3help someone on/off with Assist someone to put on or take off (a garment) 帮助（人）穿上（或脱下）（衣服） she would help him off with his coat Example sentencesExamples Then you've got to help him off with what's left of his shirt. Uniquely, for so starred an establishment, they only point you towards the loo, rather than walking you there and helping you off with your trousers. He took her to a consulting room and helped her off with her clothes, before indecently touching her. ‘A walk sounds good to me,’ replied Jeff, helping Maggie on with her coat. ‘Nonsense!’ she exclaimed, helping Vera off with her coat. He walked her out to the car, quickly grabbing his keys and coat and helping Lauren on with her own coat on their way out the door. Martina helps him on with his coat, her proprietary gaze examining his appearance. Then he helps Paul off with his Wellington boots and wet socks. After ten minutes, he returned and helped Matt on with his coat. He is fun and opens door and helps me on with my coat. She pulls her coat from the tall brass coat stand, and to her secret pleasure Doug helps her on with it. When I came home, Andy had taken his place and showed little inclination to get up after I helped R. on with her robe. He helps Justin on with his boots, and laces up a long black leather fingerless glove over Frankie's wrist. I am of the generation which says treat her as a lady: open the door for her, hold the chair out for her to sit down, help her on with her coat. I turned to the closet and fetched the coats, gloves and hats and took then to the chair and began helping Miss Sussana on with hers while Caroline helped her Mistress. She would smile as he returned home, helping him off with his lab coat as she explained that dinner would be ready in just a moment. He helps me on with my coat and we are outside in the cold winter air once again. ‘Oh thank god you're back,’ he said, helping me off with my backpack. He was over in a flash, zipped her up, helped her on with her coat: a complete gentleman. When we got home, I had to help her off with her clothes because she could hardly move for fear of hurting her head. 2help oneselfServe someone with (food or drink) 给（人）拿（食物或饮料） may I help you to some more meat? she helped herself to a biscuit 她给自己拿了一块饼干。 Example sentencesExamples Helping yourself to all of the Parma ham or finishing the milk is just looking for trouble. She helps herself to some of the leftovers and everyone notices again. Dave pours another plastic cup of sherry and helps himself to his 173rd Cadburys bar while ignoring colleagues' pleas of ‘Those were bought for the whole office, you know!’ No-one is going to complain if you eat two or three of the pieces, but what would happen if you stood there helping yourself to piece after piece? The raiders broke into the community centre where the toddler group meets and ransacked four rooms, helping themselves to drinks and chocolate that had been bought for the tots. At the Bamboo it's basically a question of going in, taking a seat and then helping yourself as many times as you want to all you can eat. Sat at the kitchen table, with his fiancée, Sarah Wilson, at his side, he spots a bag of crisps and eagerly helps himself, as he recounts his ordeal over the last nine months. It has been long known that helping yourself frequently to fish can keep your heart from breaking, so to say. They ate food without their mother, helping themselves to chicken pulao, butter lentil and cucumber salad. It's well stocked with cocktail sausages and party food so don't worry about helping yourself to it all. Sources claim the sexy model and four female friends started helping themselves to spicy chicken wings and alcohol which had been laid out for rap stars. We moved close to an extremely scruffy exotic food mart where birds flew around helping themselves to the bulk bins of bulgur and excreting onto the green peppers. I'd read an account of firefighters helping themselves to almond biscotti in the shattered branches of Starbucks in and around Ground Zero, and if you thought hard about it there was real black irony in there somewhere. Everyone helps themselves to some juicy grilled hamburgers, some plump sausages and some plastic covered hotdogs. House guests drift in and out of the kitchen, helping themselves to cups of coffee. She eats one of your bananas and helps herself to a yoghurt before the doorbell rings. He always tries to eat my food and if we have visitors he often gets on to their chair and helps himself. 2.1help oneself Take something without permission. 未经允许拿（某物）, 擅自拿（某物） he helped himself to the wages she had brought home 他擅自拿了她带回家的工资。 Example sentencesExamples Don't go digging into your best friend's suitcase and helping yourself to her cashmere cardigan. The Competition Commission will criticise store cards for colluding to keep interest rates high, thereby helping themselves to £80m to £100m of extra credit interest. It's the same as putting your hand into your neighbour's pocket, taking out his or her wallet and helping yourself to its contents. The inhabitants of Eriskay earned a reputation as whisky lovers after helping themselves to the precious cargo of the SS Politician, which ran aground off the north-east coast of the island in 1941. Then he helps himself to a bunch of red roses on Darcy's night stand. So we have a campaign that helps itself to a quarter of a million pounds of your money. Looters were busily helping themselves to the weapons. My impression is that this responsiveness is noted and admired abroad, especially in countries whose leaders are in the habit of helping themselves and rewarding their cronies with ever larger slices of the national cake. Now, whenever Grandma visits, Zack is careful to whisper for permission in my ear, before reaching out and helping himself. They are only interested in helping themselves to what little you have in your bank account. Mum and Dad spent the next hour trying to explain that it was alright for them to take the money, that we hadn't just stolen the book and helped ourselves and then left an IOU. Helping yourself to the bank's money without asking will incur penalties of £30 each time, capped at a ceiling of £90 per month. In many cases their jobs have simply disappeared, gangsters are helping themselves to the nation's treasures and such basic services as electricity and potable water are suddenly no longer reliably available. She complains bitterly when her younger sister helps herself to her cosmetics or clothes, yet seems to think that my rants about her own, er, ‘borrowing’ habits are merely signs of selfishness and bad temper on my part. I would have thought the ability to become invisible could only underline the traditional strategy of surreptitiously helping yourself to extra Monopoly money. There's no helping yourself to anything: we have to cause as little harm to the people as possible, as little physical damage as possible. Carr blows his budget by caving in to the public sector unions over the years and therefore helps himself to some extra gaming tax dollars to save the day. She also visits every other table and helps herself to their tiny teddies. It simply helps itself to the findings of genuine experimental science without being instrumental in producing any of these findings. A postal worker who stole more than £25,000 by helping himself to pension and child benefit payments has been spared jail. Synonyms steal, take, appropriate, take possession of, ‘borrow’, ‘liberate’, pocket, purloin, commandeer, make free with, use without asking informal swipe, nab, filch, snaffle, blag, walk off with, run off with British informal nick, pinch, whip, knock off North American informal heist, glom West Indian informal tief 3can/could not help oneselfCannot or could not avoid. 无法避免，忍不住 he couldn't help laughing 他忍不住笑了。 I'm sorry to put you to any inconvenience, but it can't be helped Example sentencesExamples I couldn't help but think that their owners would have felt considerable heartache. The following week, when back at home, we couldn't help but think of this video and the impact of it. Joan could feel tears well up in her eyes and she couldn't help but love her brother for who he was. He was so full of himself and so confident that he was going to make it big you couldn't help but fall in love with him. He was ignorant, and obnoxious, but you still couldn't help but feel sorry for him. This is intended as a condemnation, but I couldn't help but read it as a compliment. I hated fighting with her, but the time I couldn't help but feel it was unavoidable. I stared over at the picture of Matt and couldn't help but smile at his half-smile. Evander felt something clutch at him and he also couldn't help but notice who Christian was with. He stared at her thoughtfully, and she couldn't help but notice the intelligence in his eyes. As he got closer to Stuart, he couldn't help but laugh when he saw how filthy she was. At the same time, she couldn't help but wonder if she actually had to tell him about the whole encounter. Reviewing my labours over a cup of steaming hot coffee I couldn't help but think it had all been too easy. Even as her biceps rippled with pride, I couldn't help but reflect that life is too short. As much as Jade despised him, she couldn't help but gush at his gorgeous smile! Even so, he couldn't help but feel inferior to the men gathered in this room. I heard Ted Kennedy speaking last night and couldn't help but notice the man is losing his voice. The referees couldn't help but hear them shouting for the decisions to go our way. She did a funny little curtsy which Josh and Silver couldn't help but laugh at. He watched his sister depart sadly and he couldn't help but worry about her. Synonyms be unable to stop, be unable to prevent oneself from, be unable to refrain from, be unable to keep from, be unable to forbear from, be unable to break the habit of 3.1can/could not help oneself Cannot or could not stop oneself from doing something. she couldn't help herself; she burst into tears 她无法控制自己，突然大哭起来。 Example sentencesExamples You know I hate to laugh at the misfortune of others - in this case though, I couldn't help myself. Then he couldn't help himself, couldn't stop his eyes from momentarily moving to the cemetery. I gave him a big hug and told him he had my total support for his actions today, but then I couldn't help myself from telling him to be most careful of the roads. I couldn't help myself as indignant words came out of my mouth. It was something she got caught up in and couldn't help herself. Dad had sat there quietly watching Dan take on Brendan and then Joel, but he just couldn't help himself - he had to repeat last year's triumph. They cleverly asked her questions, and she couldn't help herself, she couldn't resist answering them. We were laughing and laughing and couldn't stop, couldn't help ourselves. People know it makes no sense to leap on the bonnet of their car as a thief drives it off, but this 83-year-old have-a-go hero couldn't help himself. He was wasting his time, of course, but he couldn't help himself. Hansen admitted what he did was wrong, but claimed that he couldn't help himself. A middle-aged man could not help himself and said to them, ‘Girls, stop yelling!’ I knew I should've stopped there but I couldn't help myself. I gave away the ending, but it was so good I just couldn't help myself. But I couldn't help myself from questioning why he wanted to be with her - surely I was enough for him? Richter probably would have enhanced his chances at getting the new position had he refused to comment, but he couldn't help himself. The feminists were arguing against a dominant view that saw rape as a ‘crime of passion’, the idea that men raped because they saw a sexy woman and couldn't help themselves. She tried to stop licking her lips but she couldn't help herself. I wanted to point out the fact that, well, he couldn't help himself from doing that thing, that thing he was so used to doing, all the time. I apologize for all the links, but they were all so good that I couldn't help myself. noun hɛlphɛlp mass noun 1The action of helping someone to do something. I asked for help from my neighbours 我请求邻居帮助。 Example sentencesExamples The FBI has also been too reluctant in the past to accept help or advice from other security services. He added that the posters might be seen by a friend or relative of a violent man who could encourage him to seek help to curb his behaviour. So tonight, I ask for your help in encouraging your representatives to support my plan. A pensioner was able to call on expert help from a neighbour when a fire broke out at her house in Long Compton. All are protected and encouraged to seek help to make the necessary adjustments. With Vincent at the helm the local support group offer help and advice to the asylum seekers. Mrs Clark then heard cries for help from neighbours who had found her son hanging by a ligature from a porch outside his home. Once in treatment caseworkers provide help and advice on keeping drug-free, or finding a job or home. Eventually, the stray let go long enough for her to get away and find help from a neighbour. For any neighbour who needs help, be it doing shopping or something else, he is there. The pilot will work with deaf children of all ages, providing help and advice to those with mental health needs. The next step is to provide your ongoing support while encouraging them to get help. All of you provided me with invaluable help and advice that aided me to gain my first year certificate with a Merit pass. God help us should we as a nation ever need unpaid help from our neighbours. She went to a neighbour's house for help and the neighbour went to Edna's home and called the police. It has called on Business Link York and North Yorkshire for help and advice to achieve its aim within three years. They all escaped after jumping from the top floor of the burning house thanks to their neighbours' help. Businesses can tap into a wide range of help and advice on how to make the best use of computer technology at exhibitions next week. With all this it is the hope that Waterford City will become a litter free zone, but we need your help! She gives advice, guidance, help, and motivation to her students at City College. Synonyms assistance, aid, a helping hand, support, succour, advice, guidance, solution 1.1 The fact of being useful. 有用 the skimpy manual isn't much help for beginners 这么粗略的说明手册对初学者没什么用。 Example sentencesExamples The relaxation will, however, be of little help to British travellers, initially at least. A positive state of mind is also thought to be of great help in protecting against such problems. This is not much help for determining adverse effects if they aren't common and the trials aren't very large. He intends to run the 500 yards, but believes his strict fitness regime won't be much help. In the event, we have got a new side road whose cycle path is only of direct help to those travelling to and from York. Thus annual measurement would be of little help in avoiding serious effects. The idea is not of much help in reading Aeschylus and of intermittent usefulness in Euripides. Synonyms functionality, practicality, serviceability, fitness, adequacy, handiness, neatness, convenience, utility, use, effectiveness, efficacy 1.2 A person or thing that helps. 有帮助的人（或物） she's been given financial help with travel in singular he was a great help 他帮了大忙。 Example sentencesExamples Jacob was an awesome help to me too, setting up my floor lamp and my bed, and moving furniture around. Members of the Kilmeena community also come out and have been a tremendous help. He was a great help to me, videoing me going over fences and correcting mistakes. For most families with children it is a great help in their daily lives to have a car. He could probably do with getting a bit stronger again, but that strength has been a huge help to him. I think it would be an interesting discussion for you and it would be a huge help to me. Upon what in their historical tradition can they safely look back as a guide or a help? Knowing Gerry, and having seen how well he fitted in at school was a great help to me when I heard the news. A lot of the team played for the first time this year, and that would have been a huge help to them next season. A nearby lake or stream can be an important help in fighting fire and damping down afterwards. She was a big help at the farm, looking after the children and keeping the house. This should be a considerable help to the company as it seeks to expand its overseas empire. The real estate agent was a great help to us, finding this home in Middle Stewiacke. Of course having two fantastic actors to play the leading characters is a big help. It would be a great help for both vendors and occupants or employees of the buildings. Proper funding to humanities departments in universities would also be a big help. From the musicians' point of view, Longshot has been a tremendous help to the city. The committee for the old church and the ladies' committee were a great help organising the event. He was asked if the early poll which showed him losing his seat had in fact been a help. For young people who need to hone their social skills, IM can be more a detour than a help. Synonyms support, assistance, aid 1.3count noun A domestic employee. 家仆或雇员 she has taught herself to cook since the defection of the last of the village helps the help cleaned up the leftover food and half-drunk cocktails Synonyms domestic worker, domestic help, domestic servant, cleaner, cleaning woman, cleaning lady, home help, maid, housemaid, housekeeper, servant, hired help, helper, assistant, employee, worker British informal daily, daily woman, skivvy, Mrs Mop British dated charwoman, charlady, char archaic scullion, abigail 1.4as modifier Giving assistance to a computer user in the form of displayed instructions. （以显示指令的方式对计算机用户）提供帮助 a help menu 帮助菜单。 Example sentencesExamples New help topics specifically addressing cookies and cookie management are being added. The other main opening tool is the repertoire database, which has good help documentation. Do a Windows help search for wireless card properties and power management if you are unsure. Requiring them to write is like requiring software developers to write good help files. One would think the author never bothered to read Google's help section! He's got a lovely script translated from the help files to walk you through! Be sure to check out what all the toolbar buttons do, and browse through the help section, too. For help and advice on downloading this clip see the BBC Audio Video help page. There is a detailed help file and I have found email support adequate for my needs. When was the last time you used an online help system or opened a computer software manual? Why isn't there a help page indicating how I should structure my queries to get the right results? As a result the hardware maker agreed to change its source code, user manuals and help screens. According to the help website, it's because using the alt option like this is wrong. Last time Microsoft patched it by requiring that the help files run from the local file system. exclamationhɛlphɛlp Used as an appeal for urgent assistance. （用于紧急求救）救命 Help! I'm drowning! 救命呀！我要沉下去了！ Phrases a helping hand Assistance. 助手，援助之手 she was always ready to lend a helping hand 她总是乐于伸出援助之手。 Example sentencesExamples She was a wonderful neighbour and friend and loved to lend a helping hand and words of encouragement. Billy and John are great supporters of the guild always ready to lend a helping hand. Jim was a good-hearted and kind man, who always had time to lend a helping hand or stop and chat. A good and kind neighbour, Josie always liked to lend a helping hand and sound advice. The Asian diplomatic community has lent a helping hand to the students. He seemed to always know just exactly what to say and he was always ready to lend a helping hand to anyone. Around midnight however the skies lent a helping hand with a steady drizzle. People who lived in a community all knew each other and lent a helping hand whenever they could. The bank realized that during this difficult situation it had to lend them a helping hand. She was a fine neighbour who could always be relied on to lend a helping hand and good advice. Synonyms assistance, aid, a helping hand, support, succour, advice, guidance, solution so help me (God) Used to emphasize that one means what one is saying. （上帝）作证（用于强调某人说话算话） if you don't get out, so help me I'll let you have it Example sentencesExamples Don't you speak to me that way, Marissa, so help me God! It may have deprived me of the full experience, but so help me, I just can't bring myself to watch the accompanying DVD. You owe me, and so help me God, if you don't tell me what the hell is going on, I swear I will walk out that door and find a phone to call the police. And so help me God, if I ever see another montage again, something terrible is going to happen. But so help me, I just don't have the strength of will to do it. And now that you are mine… so help me God, I'll never let you get away again. When I put my hand on the Bible, I will swear to not only uphold the laws of our land, I will swear to uphold the honor and dignity of the office to which I have been elected, so help me God. I am a dyed-in-the-wool cynic, so help me. So help me God, if you stop any member of my staff one more time for another one of your needless questions, you will be dealing with me. If he doesn't, he'll get the left-overs from last night, so help me! there is no help for it There is no way of avoiding or remedying a situation. （情形，处境）无可避免，无法补救 we'll be up all night but there's no help for it Example sentencesExamples Of course it usually meant bitterness all over, but he saw no help for it. You are too young for this, but there is no help for it. I'm never going to be able to look at her paws because she won't let me pick her up, so, if that's the case, there's no help for it except to go to the vet. He knew what she was saying, knew there was no help for it. Still, there was no help for it; war would come eventually. ‘Nobody knows how I hated to see the boys go to war,’ Treadway mourned privately, ‘but it seems there is no other way and no help for it. But there was no help for it at that point, so I turned back and hurried to wash out my hair and scrub my face and teeth. It was drastically different from my anonymity when I was dressed as a peasant, and I missed the freedom, but there was no help for it, so I just pretended I couldn't see them and kept walking. They'd overslept, Viviane had missed them, she'd find them out, everything they'd worked for would be lost and there was no help for it. Should we have left the poor creature to lie there dying while marking time for these officials to arrive, finally for them to decide after a few days of waiting that there was no help for it but to shoot it and put it out of its misery at last? Origin Old English helpan (verb), help (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch helpen and German helfen. Old English help lies behind helpmate. This is found in the late 17th century as helpmeet which comes from Genesis 2:18 where Eve is described as ‘an help meet for’ Adam. ‘Meet’ means suitable, but as the word became more obscure in the early 18th century it was changed to mate. Rhymes kelp, whelp, yelp verb.1 phr. Definition of help in US English: help verbhɛlphelp [with object] 1Make it easier for (someone) to do something by offering one's services or resources. 帮助，援助，资助，救助 with object and infinitive she helped him find a buyer no object the teenager helped out in the corner store 这个少年在街角小店帮忙。 Roger's companion helped him with the rent Example sentencesExamples This is a voluntary run service which helps families under stress who have children under five years of age. A mediation service which helps young people at risk of becoming homeless is celebrating its first birthday. Those stories are filtered as little as possible to help the readers find the stories they want. After using the services at a local credit counseling service that helps members with debt reduction, she was able to get on the road to rebuilding her credit. Sometimes we were helped out by relations and friends with muscles and, of course, the boys chipped in. The crazy culture sweeping this country is driving up insurance costs and making vital services think twice before helping us. An advisory service helps parents to buy wheelchairs, braces, special shoes and equipment for their children. The service includes helping users to get up in the morning, bed baths, and other domestic activities that they may not be able to perform on their own. Its main product is a Web-based service that helps doctors run their practices more efficiently and more profitably. But he credits his religion and several social service groups with helping him slowly regain a sense of normalcy. The service helps client choose the right kind of invitation cards, the grooming and the beauty treatment and the wedding shopping. Former librarian Karen Bali has set up a service helping people trace their family and friends. Well, I helped out then and Boris is helping me out now. Staff work around the clock to ensure these youngsters cram as much into their short years as possible while helping their parents to come to terms with the inevitable. It is a six-week service which helps elderly clients ‘get back on their feet’. Her colleagues have been helping her in all possible ways, including reading out the latest developments in the field. It often includes supporting material that helps readers see why the story is important. There was a secret service agent that was helping me with first aid - he's now the chief of the Capitol Police. Long-term funding is desperately being sought for a voluntary service that helps local victims of domestic violence. We are not searching for a cure, just the best possible education to help him reach his potential. Synonyms assist, aid, help out, lend a hand to, lend a helping hand to, give assistance to, come to the aid of, succour, aid and abet 1.1 Improve (a situation or problem); be of benefit to. 对（情况或问题）有帮助，有助于；有益于 upbeat comments about prospects helped confidence 对前景乐观的评论有助于树立信心。 no object legislation to fit all new cars with catalytic converters will help 立法对新车都安装催化转化器会有所帮助。 sore throats can be helped by gargling 含漱剂能减轻喉咙痛。 Example sentencesExamples In Nicaragua today the most obvious need is decent housing and all monies raised from the night will go a long way in helping the situation there. I don't think what we're doing, like right now, the going back and forth with each other, is really helping the situation. On the romance front, his case was not helped by the chat-up technique he adopted. Writing about it like this helps the situation somewhat, mind you. Mackay might as well not be Scottish, for all that it has helped his international prospects. Many factors propel the daily newspaper toward its decline, but the present management of the papers are not helping their situation. On the question of refugees, suffice to say that the crisis was hardly helped by the bombing campaign itself. Attempts to alleviate the sanitation problem were not helped by the Black Death itself. Lizzie's plight was not helped by the death in the past month of her doting dad, Seamus. I remain unconvinced that the occupation forces are really helping the situation, instead of continuing to antagonize large sections of the people. He also says the connection between drugs and violence helps his case. So, how is this serious problem helped by making it even more difficult for those debts to be repaid? This situation is not helped by the predicament he has with his wide midfield players. I think the worst of the weather is over but the continuing rain will not help the situation and it is likely to get colder again. Higher density means fewer long commutes, which helps gridlock problems and is good for the environment. I don't think this story helps their case exactly. The situation is not helped by the fact that the mist is making the court damp and slippy. The situation isn't helped by the fact he can't remember exactly what he said or did. A small Yorkshire charity has been helping the plight of Romanian orphans for the past decade. If donated food is unhealthy, it isn't helping the problem of hunger - it's making it worse. Synonyms relieve, soothe, ameliorate, alleviate, make better, ease, improve, assuage, palliate, lessen, mitigate 1.2with object and adverbial of direction Assist (someone) to move in a specified direction. 帮助（人）（依特定方向移动），扶 I helped her up 我扶她起来。 Example sentencesExamples One defendant reassured him in his own language, Italian, and he was helped out of a window. A police spokesman said the driver was helped out of the car by people nearby and that no-one was injured. The arena has emptied by the time the stricken fighter is helped out of the ring. The girl was beside the table before I could even move, helping me down slowly without really touching me too much. 1.3help someone on/off with Assist someone to put on or take off (a garment). 帮助（人）穿上（或脱下）（衣服） Example sentencesExamples He is fun and opens door and helps me on with my coat. He walked her out to the car, quickly grabbing his keys and coat and helping Lauren on with her own coat on their way out the door. She pulls her coat from the tall brass coat stand, and to her secret pleasure Doug helps her on with it. I am of the generation which says treat her as a lady: open the door for her, hold the chair out for her to sit down, help her on with her coat. He helps Justin on with his boots, and laces up a long black leather fingerless glove over Frankie's wrist. When we got home, I had to help her off with her clothes because she could hardly move for fear of hurting her head. Then he helps Paul off with his Wellington boots and wet socks. When I came home, Andy had taken his place and showed little inclination to get up after I helped R. on with her robe. I turned to the closet and fetched the coats, gloves and hats and took then to the chair and began helping Miss Sussana on with hers while Caroline helped her Mistress. He was over in a flash, zipped her up, helped her on with her coat: a complete gentleman. He took her to a consulting room and helped her off with her clothes, before indecently touching her. Martina helps him on with his coat, her proprietary gaze examining his appearance. ‘Nonsense!’ she exclaimed, helping Vera off with her coat. After ten minutes, he returned and helped Matt on with his coat. ‘A walk sounds good to me,’ replied Jeff, helping Maggie on with her coat. Then you've got to help him off with what's left of his shirt. She would smile as he returned home, helping him off with his lab coat as she explained that dinner would be ready in just a moment. He helps me on with my coat and we are outside in the cold winter air once again. ‘Oh thank god you're back,’ he said, helping me off with my backpack. Uniquely, for so starred an establishment, they only point you towards the loo, rather than walking you there and helping you off with your trousers. 2help oneselfServe someone with (food or drink) 给（人）拿（食物或饮料） she helped herself to a cookie 她给自己拿了一块饼干。 Example sentencesExamples It has been long known that helping yourself frequently to fish can keep your heart from breaking, so to say. I'd read an account of firefighters helping themselves to almond biscotti in the shattered branches of Starbucks in and around Ground Zero, and if you thought hard about it there was real black irony in there somewhere. Sources claim the sexy model and four female friends started helping themselves to spicy chicken wings and alcohol which had been laid out for rap stars. Helping yourself to all of the Parma ham or finishing the milk is just looking for trouble. At the Bamboo it's basically a question of going in, taking a seat and then helping yourself as many times as you want to all you can eat. They ate food without their mother, helping themselves to chicken pulao, butter lentil and cucumber salad. No-one is going to complain if you eat two or three of the pieces, but what would happen if you stood there helping yourself to piece after piece? The raiders broke into the community centre where the toddler group meets and ransacked four rooms, helping themselves to drinks and chocolate that had been bought for the tots. He always tries to eat my food and if we have visitors he often gets on to their chair and helps himself. We moved close to an extremely scruffy exotic food mart where birds flew around helping themselves to the bulk bins of bulgur and excreting onto the green peppers. Everyone helps themselves to some juicy grilled hamburgers, some plump sausages and some plastic covered hotdogs. Dave pours another plastic cup of sherry and helps himself to his 173rd Cadburys bar while ignoring colleagues' pleas of ‘Those were bought for the whole office, you know!’ It's well stocked with cocktail sausages and party food so don't worry about helping yourself to it all. She eats one of your bananas and helps herself to a yoghurt before the doorbell rings. Sat at the kitchen table, with his fiancée, Sarah Wilson, at his side, he spots a bag of crisps and eagerly helps himself, as he recounts his ordeal over the last nine months. House guests drift in and out of the kitchen, helping themselves to cups of coffee. She helps herself to some of the leftovers and everyone notices again. 2.1help oneself Take something without permission. 未经允许拿（某物）, 擅自拿（某物） he helped himself to the wages she had brought home 他擅自拿了她带回家的工资。 Example sentencesExamples Then he helps himself to a bunch of red roses on Darcy's night stand. I would have thought the ability to become invisible could only underline the traditional strategy of surreptitiously helping yourself to extra Monopoly money. The inhabitants of Eriskay earned a reputation as whisky lovers after helping themselves to the precious cargo of the SS Politician, which ran aground off the north-east coast of the island in 1941. Carr blows his budget by caving in to the public sector unions over the years and therefore helps himself to some extra gaming tax dollars to save the day. Now, whenever Grandma visits, Zack is careful to whisper for permission in my ear, before reaching out and helping himself. The Competition Commission will criticise store cards for colluding to keep interest rates high, thereby helping themselves to £80m to £100m of extra credit interest. My impression is that this responsiveness is noted and admired abroad, especially in countries whose leaders are in the habit of helping themselves and rewarding their cronies with ever larger slices of the national cake. Helping yourself to the bank's money without asking will incur penalties of £30 each time, capped at a ceiling of £90 per month. Don't go digging into your best friend's suitcase and helping yourself to her cashmere cardigan. She also visits every other table and helps herself to their tiny teddies. A postal worker who stole more than £25,000 by helping himself to pension and child benefit payments has been spared jail. It simply helps itself to the findings of genuine experimental science without being instrumental in producing any of these findings. Mum and Dad spent the next hour trying to explain that it was alright for them to take the money, that we hadn't just stolen the book and helped ourselves and then left an IOU. She complains bitterly when her younger sister helps herself to her cosmetics or clothes, yet seems to think that my rants about her own, er, ‘borrowing’ habits are merely signs of selfishness and bad temper on my part. In many cases their jobs have simply disappeared, gangsters are helping themselves to the nation's treasures and such basic services as electricity and potable water are suddenly no longer reliably available. They are only interested in helping themselves to what little you have in your bank account. There's no helping yourself to anything: we have to cause as little harm to the people as possible, as little physical damage as possible. Looters were busily helping themselves to the weapons. So we have a campaign that helps itself to a quarter of a million pounds of your money. It's the same as putting your hand into your neighbour's pocket, taking out his or her wallet and helping yourself to its contents. Synonyms steal, take, appropriate, take possession of, pocket, purloin, commandeer, make free with, use without asking 3can/could not help oneselfCannot or could not avoid. 无法避免，忍不住 he could not help laughing 他忍不住笑了。 you can't help but agree Example sentencesExamples He was so full of himself and so confident that he was going to make it big you couldn't help but fall in love with him. Reviewing my labours over a cup of steaming hot coffee I couldn't help but think it had all been too easy. Even as her biceps rippled with pride, I couldn't help but reflect that life is too short. The following week, when back at home, we couldn't help but think of this video and the impact of it. He was ignorant, and obnoxious, but you still couldn't help but feel sorry for him. I hated fighting with her, but the time I couldn't help but feel it was unavoidable. I couldn't help but think that their owners would have felt considerable heartache. As much as Jade despised him, she couldn't help but gush at his gorgeous smile! He watched his sister depart sadly and he couldn't help but worry about her. Joan could feel tears well up in her eyes and she couldn't help but love her brother for who he was. I heard Ted Kennedy speaking last night and couldn't help but notice the man is losing his voice. As he got closer to Stuart, he couldn't help but laugh when he saw how filthy she was. At the same time, she couldn't help but wonder if she actually had to tell him about the whole encounter. He stared at her thoughtfully, and she couldn't help but notice the intelligence in his eyes. This is intended as a condemnation, but I couldn't help but read it as a compliment. Even so, he couldn't help but feel inferior to the men gathered in this room. The referees couldn't help but hear them shouting for the decisions to go our way. I stared over at the picture of Matt and couldn't help but smile at his half-smile. Evander felt something clutch at him and he also couldn't help but notice who Christian was with. She did a funny little curtsy which Josh and Silver couldn't help but laugh at. Synonyms be unable to stop, be unable to prevent oneself from, be unable to refrain from, be unable to keep from, be unable to forbear from, be unable to break the habit of 3.1can/could not help oneself Cannot or could not stop oneself from acting in a certain way. 情不自禁，忍不住 she couldn't help herself; she burst into tears 她无法控制自己，突然大哭起来。 Example sentencesExamples He was wasting his time, of course, but he couldn't help himself. The feminists were arguing against a dominant view that saw rape as a ‘crime of passion’, the idea that men raped because they saw a sexy woman and couldn't help themselves. I wanted to point out the fact that, well, he couldn't help himself from doing that thing, that thing he was so used to doing, all the time. It was something she got caught up in and couldn't help herself. I apologize for all the links, but they were all so good that I couldn't help myself. A middle-aged man could not help himself and said to them, ‘Girls, stop yelling!’ We were laughing and laughing and couldn't stop, couldn't help ourselves. I gave him a big hug and told him he had my total support for his actions today, but then I couldn't help myself from telling him to be most careful of the roads. Then he couldn't help himself, couldn't stop his eyes from momentarily moving to the cemetery. I knew I should've stopped there but I couldn't help myself. She tried to stop licking her lips but she couldn't help herself. Richter probably would have enhanced his chances at getting the new position had he refused to comment, but he couldn't help himself. Dad had sat there quietly watching Dan take on Brendan and then Joel, but he just couldn't help himself - he had to repeat last year's triumph. You know I hate to laugh at the misfortune of others - in this case though, I couldn't help myself. They cleverly asked her questions, and she couldn't help herself, she couldn't resist answering them. I gave away the ending, but it was so good I just couldn't help myself. I couldn't help myself as indignant words came out of my mouth. Hansen admitted what he did was wrong, but claimed that he couldn't help himself. But I couldn't help myself from questioning why he wanted to be with her - surely I was enough for him? People know it makes no sense to leap on the bonnet of their car as a thief drives it off, but this 83-year-old have-a-go hero couldn't help himself. nounhɛlphelp 1The action of helping someone to do something; assistance. I asked for help from my neighbors 我请求邻居帮助。 thank you for your help 谢谢你的帮助。 Example sentencesExamples It has called on Business Link York and North Yorkshire for help and advice to achieve its aim within three years. The pilot will work with deaf children of all ages, providing help and advice to those with mental health needs. They all escaped after jumping from the top floor of the burning house thanks to their neighbours' help. She went to a neighbour's house for help and the neighbour went to Edna's home and called the police. Businesses can tap into a wide range of help and advice on how to make the best use of computer technology at exhibitions next week. With Vincent at the helm the local support group offer help and advice to the asylum seekers. God help us should we as a nation ever need unpaid help from our neighbours. She gives advice, guidance, help, and motivation to her students at City College. For any neighbour who needs help, be it doing shopping or something else, he is there. All of you provided me with invaluable help and advice that aided me to gain my first year certificate with a Merit pass. With all this it is the hope that Waterford City will become a litter free zone, but we need your help! So tonight, I ask for your help in encouraging your representatives to support my plan. Once in treatment caseworkers provide help and advice on keeping drug-free, or finding a job or home. Eventually, the stray let go long enough for her to get away and find help from a neighbour. The FBI has also been too reluctant in the past to accept help or advice from other security services. A pensioner was able to call on expert help from a neighbour when a fire broke out at her house in Long Compton. All are protected and encouraged to seek help to make the necessary adjustments. The next step is to provide your ongoing support while encouraging them to get help. He added that the posters might be seen by a friend or relative of a violent man who could encourage him to seek help to curb his behaviour. Mrs Clark then heard cries for help from neighbours who had found her son hanging by a ligature from a porch outside his home. Synonyms assistance, aid, a helping hand, support, succour, advice, guidance, solution 1.1in singular A person or thing that helps. 有帮助的人（或物） he was a great help 他帮了大忙。 Example sentencesExamples He was asked if the early poll which showed him losing his seat had in fact been a help. A nearby lake or stream can be an important help in fighting fire and damping down afterwards. Upon what in their historical tradition can they safely look back as a guide or a help? For most families with children it is a great help in their daily lives to have a car. She was a big help at the farm, looking after the children and keeping the house. Members of the Kilmeena community also come out and have been a tremendous help. It would be a great help for both vendors and occupants or employees of the buildings. Of course having two fantastic actors to play the leading characters is a big help. For young people who need to hone their social skills, IM can be more a detour than a help. The real estate agent was a great help to us, finding this home in Middle Stewiacke. He could probably do with getting a bit stronger again, but that strength has been a huge help to him. Jacob was an awesome help to me too, setting up my floor lamp and my bed, and moving furniture around. This should be a considerable help to the company as it seeks to expand its overseas empire. I think it would be an interesting discussion for you and it would be a huge help to me. Proper funding to humanities departments in universities would also be a big help. A lot of the team played for the first time this year, and that would have been a huge help to them next season. The committee for the old church and the ladies' committee were a great help organising the event. He was a great help to me, videoing me going over fences and correcting mistakes. Knowing Gerry, and having seen how well he fitted in at school was a great help to me when I heard the news. From the musicians' point of view, Longshot has been a tremendous help to the city. Synonyms support, assistance, aid 1.2 A domestic employee. 家仆或雇员 she has taught herself to cook since the defection of the last of the village helps the help cleaned up the leftover food and half-drunk cocktails Synonyms domestic worker, domestic help, domestic servant, cleaner, cleaning woman, cleaning lady, home help, maid, housemaid, housekeeper, servant, hired help, helper, assistant, employee, worker 1.3as modifier Giving assistance to a computer user in the form of displayed instructions. （以显示指令的方式对计算机用户）提供帮助 a help menu 帮助菜单。 Example sentencesExamples As a result the hardware maker agreed to change its source code, user manuals and help screens. For help and advice on downloading this clip see the BBC Audio Video help page. Last time Microsoft patched it by requiring that the help files run from the local file system. When was the last time you used an online help system or opened a computer software manual? Requiring them to write is like requiring software developers to write good help files. The other main opening tool is the repertoire database, which has good help documentation. He's got a lovely script translated from the help files to walk you through! Do a Windows help search for wireless card properties and power management if you are unsure. There is a detailed help file and I have found email support adequate for my needs. Be sure to check out what all the toolbar buttons do, and browse through the help section, too. According to the help website, it's because using the alt option like this is wrong. New help topics specifically addressing cookies and cookie management are being added. One would think the author never bothered to read Google's help section! Why isn't there a help page indicating how I should structure my queries to get the right results? exclamationhɛlphelp Used as an appeal for urgent assistance. （用于紧急求救）救命 Help! I'm drowning! 救命呀！我要沉下去了！ Phrases so help me (God) Used to emphasize that one means what one is saying. （上帝）作证（用于强调某人说话算话） Example sentencesExamples And so help me God, if I ever see another montage again, something terrible is going to happen. If he doesn't, he'll get the left-overs from last night, so help me! But so help me, I just don't have the strength of will to do it. So help me God, if you stop any member of my staff one more time for another one of your needless questions, you will be dealing with me. When I put my hand on the Bible, I will swear to not only uphold the laws of our land, I will swear to uphold the honor and dignity of the office to which I have been elected, so help me God. You owe me, and so help me God, if you don't tell me what the hell is going on, I swear I will walk out that door and find a phone to call the police. I am a dyed-in-the-wool cynic, so help me. And now that you are mine… so help me God, I'll never let you get away again. It may have deprived me of the full experience, but so help me, I just can't bring myself to watch the accompanying DVD. Don't you speak to me that way, Marissa, so help me God! there is no help for it There is no way of avoiding or remedying a situation. （情形，处境）无可避免，无法补救 Example sentencesExamples You are too young for this, but there is no help for it. ‘Nobody knows how I hated to see the boys go to war,’ Treadway mourned privately, ‘but it seems there is no other way and no help for it. But there was no help for it at that point, so I turned back and hurried to wash out my hair and scrub my face and teeth. It was drastically different from my anonymity when I was dressed as a peasant, and I missed the freedom, but there was no help for it, so I just pretended I couldn't see them and kept walking. Still, there was no help for it; war would come eventually. Of course it usually meant bitterness all over, but he saw no help for it. I'm never going to be able to look at her paws because she won't let me pick her up, so, if that's the case, there's no help for it except to go to the vet. He knew what she was saying, knew there was no help for it. They'd overslept, Viviane had missed them, she'd find them out, everything they'd worked for would be lost and there was no help for it. Should we have left the poor creature to lie there dying while marking time for these officials to arrive, finally for them to decide after a few days of waiting that there was no help for it but to shoot it and put it out of its misery at last? Origin Old English helpan (verb), help (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch helpen and German helfen. verb.1 phr.
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