v(1)帮(援)助(help;aid)[I，I+prep(in/with)，T+n，T+n+prep(in/with)，C+n+to-inf](fml)：～in building a house/keeping a hotel under surveillance/a campaign 帮助盖房子/监视一旅店/开展一运动;～with sb's duties/the tuition fees 帮助完成任务/交学费;～a country in case of war/a surgeon at an operation帮助一个国家应付突发的战争/帮助外科大夫进行手术;～sb in building a house/finding his family帮助某人盖房子/找到家人;～sb in his duties/a task/his difficulty帮助某人履行职责/完成任务/克服困难;～sb with the cataloguing of the library/money/his housework/his mathematics 帮助某人给藏书编目录/理财/干家务/学数学;(glasses)～sb to read(眼镜)有助于看书;〖同〗help，aid，support;〖反〗hinder;

(2)出席，参加(be present，as at a meeting，ceremony，etc)[I+prep(at/in)](fml)：～at the opening ceremony 出席开幕式;

→ as′sistant n 助(副)手;店员;adj 辅助的;副职的;as′sistance n;

n 帮(援)助(aid or helpful act)[C]：give sb an～in lifting a trunk 帮某人把一个大箱子抬起来;finish one's homework without an～from others 独立完成作业;〖同〗hand，aid;

【辨异】assist与help和aid的区别见AID。