Word · Frequency #204
help
帮助；帮忙
To provide assistance or aid to someone or something.
- 1.
To provide assistance to (someone or something).
帮助(某人或某物)。
- 2.
To assist (a person) in getting something, especially food or drink at table; used with to.
帮助(某人)取用某物,尤指餐桌上的食物或饮料；与to连用。
- 3.
To contribute in some way to.
有助于；对...做出贡献。
- 4.
To provide assistance.
提供帮助；援助。
- 5.
To avoid; to prevent; to refrain from; to restrain (oneself). Usually used in nonassertive contexts with can.
避免；防止；忍住；克制(自己)。通常与can连用,用于非肯定语境。
有助于；促进；忍住；克制；避免；给…夹（菜）；给…倒（饮料）；招待；帮助(某人或某物)。；帮助(某人)取用某物,尤指餐桌上的食物或饮料；与to连用。
In use
Could you help me carry this heavy box?
She helps her younger brother with his homework every evening.
The map helped us find the way to the museum.
help sb (to) do sth
不定式前的 to 可省略，美式英语中更常见省略形式。
She helped me finish the project.
她帮我完成了项目。
help (to) do sth
当 help 后直接跟不定式时，to 常省略。
This book helps improve your vocabulary.
这本书有助于提高词汇量。
help with sth
后接名词或名词短语，表示协助某项具体事务。
Can you help with the dishes?
你能帮忙洗碗吗？
Connections
Collocations
- help someone
- 帮助某人
- Can you help me carry this box?你能帮我搬这个箱子吗？
- help out
- 帮忙
- She often helps out at the local shelter.她经常在当地收容所帮忙。
- help with
- 帮助做（某事）
- He helped with the dishes after dinner.晚饭后他帮忙洗碗。
- help oneself
- 自便；自取
- Please help yourself to some coffee.请自便喝点咖啡。
- can't help
- 情不自禁
- I couldn't help laughing at his joke.我听了他的笑话忍不住笑了。
- help along
- 促进；推动
Learner notes
Memory Tip
help = 帮；h 像伸出的手，elp 谐音'爱拉拔'，爱心拉拔正是帮助。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：everyday conversation、workplace requests、written instructions 表示“帮助”时，help 通常适用于口头和书面交流，没有明显的正式或随意色彩；在更正式的文本里也可用 assist，但 help 本身是稳妥的中性选择。
Grammar Note
及物和不及物均可，常接不定式作宾语补足语，help后不定式可省略to。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All three rhyme with help (stressed vowel /ɛ/ and following /lp/ match). Be aware that words like 'alp' (/ælp/) look similar but sound different.
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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