Word · CEFR B1 · Frequency #2875
assistant
助手；助理；帮手
a person who helps or assists someone else, especially in a job or task
- 1.
A person who assists or helps someone else.
协助他人的人；助手
- 2.
a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
有助于满足需求或推进努力或目标的人
- 3.
A software tool that provides assistance in some task, a wizard program.
提供任务辅助的软件工具；向导程序
助手软件；向导程序；协助他人的人；助手；有助于满足需求或推进努力或目标的人；提供任务辅助的软件工具；向导程序；助手
In use
My assistant manages my schedule and answers emails.
The lab assistant prepared the samples for the experiment.
She works as a sales assistant in a clothing store.
my invaluable assistant
Connections
Collocations
- personal assistant
- 私人助理
- She works as a personal assistant to the CEO.她给首席执行官当私人助理。
- administrative assistant
- 行政助理
- The administrative assistant scheduled all the meetings.行政助理安排了所有会议。
- assistant manager
- 副经理；助理经理
- He was promoted to assistant manager last month.上个月他被提升为副经理。
- assistant professor
- 助理教授
- She is an assistant professor of linguistics.她是语言学助理教授。
- virtual assistant
- 虚拟助手；语音助手
- I use a virtual assistant to set reminders.我用虚拟助手设置提醒。
- research assistant
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：assist（帮助）+ ant（蚂蚁）→ 像蚂蚁一样勤快的助手
Context & Register
工作场所; 教育环境; 服务业; 辅助性岗位
Grammar Note
可数名词，指协助他人的人
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words rhyme with 'assistant' (stressed vowel /ɪ/ and ending /ənt/). Be careful with lookalikes like 'assist' /əˈsɪst/ and 'assistance' /əˈsɪstəns/ which have different sounds.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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