Word · Frequency #204
help
救命
a cry of distress or an urgent request for assistance
- 1.
A cry of distress or an urgent request for assistance.
求救或紧急请求援助的呼喊
求救或紧急请求援助的呼喊
In use
Help, I can't find my way out of this forest!
Help, my little brother has locked himself in the bathroom!
Help, a dog is chasing me down the street!
Help!
单独使用，表示紧急求救。
Help!
救命！
Help, [clause]!
口语中在“Help!”后加句子，说明需要帮助的原因。
Help, I'm drowning!
救命，我快淹死了！
Connections
Pop culture & quotes
- Help! I need somebody.
- 救命！我需要某个人。In this 1965 Beatles song, John Lennon sings the interjection "Help!" as a desperate cry for support.在这首披头士乐队1965年的歌曲中，约翰·列侬把感叹词“Help!”唱作绝望的求助。
- Help! I've fallen and I can't get up!
- 救命！我摔倒了，站不起来了！In a famous American medical-alert TV ad, an elderly woman falls and shouts "Help!", and the line became a popular catchphrase.在一条著名的美国医疗警报电视广告中，一位老妇人摔倒后呼喊“Help!”，这句话后来成为广受欢迎的流行语。
Synonyms
Confusing words
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：落水者挥舞手臂高喊“Help!”——这个感叹词就是紧急求助的“救命”呼喊。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：emergency、danger 作为感叹词，help 多用于紧急或危险场合，是一种直接、急促的呼喊，通常不属于正式用语，但在非紧急请求中较少单独这样用。
Grammar Note
用于紧急呼救时独立使用，表达求救或紧急请求。
Pronunciation & Spelling
The words yelp and kelp rhyme with help (stressed /ɛlp/). Watch out for heap (/hiːp/) and helm (/hɛlm/): heap sounds different in the vowel, and helm ends with /m/ instead of /p/, so they do not rhyme with help.
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 5，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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