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money, food, etc. that is sent to help countries in difficult situations 援助;救援物资;援助款项 humanitarian/food/medical aid 人道主义/食品/医疗援助 An extra £10 million in foreign aid has been provided for victims of the earthquake. 为地震灾民额外提供了1000万英镑的外援。 aid agencies (= organizations that provide help) 救援机构 international aid workers 国际援助人员
Collocations International relationssee also Christian Aid, financial aid, grant aid, grant-in-aid, legal aid, Live AidInternational relations 国际关系 Trade 贸易 - facilitate/regulate trade (with other countries)
促进/规范(与其他国家的)贸易 - form/join a trading bloc
建立/加入贸易同盟 - live in/compete in a global/the world economy
生存于全球/世界经济中;参与全球/世界经济竞争 - support/promote free trade
支持/促进自由贸易 - adopt/call for/oppose protectionist measures
采取/呼吁/反对保护主义措施 - erect/impose/reduce/remove trade barriers
设置/推行/减少/消除贸易壁垒 - impose/lift/raise/eliminate import tariffs (on something)
征收/取消/提高/废除(某物的)进口关税 - have/run a huge/large/growing trade surplus/deficit
有巨额/持续增长的贸易顺差/逆差 - embrace/resist/drive globalization
接受/抵制/推进全球化
Politics and law 政治与法律 - conduct/handle/talk about/discuss foreign policy
执行/掌控/谈论/讨论外交政策 - pursue an aggressive/a hawkish foreign policy
执行强硬的外交政策 - require/use/conduct diplomacy
需要/使用/实施外交手段 - establish/break off/sever/restore diplomatic relations
建立/中断/断绝/恢复外交关系 - foster/promote/strengthen regional cooperation
促进地区间合作 - facilitate/achieve economic/political integration
促进/实现经济/政治一体化 - exercise/defend/protect/transfer/restore/regain national/state/full/limited sovereignty
行使/维护/保护/移交/恢复/重获民族/国家/全部/部分主权 - consolidate/extend/lose/retain your power (in the region)
巩固/扩张/丧失/保持(区域内的)势力 - hold/maintain/change/alter/shift/be a shift in the balance of power (in the region)
维持/改变(区域内的)势力均衡 - cause/create/open/expose/heal/repair a deep/growing/major/serious rift between X and Y
导致/造成/引发/暴露出/弥合/修复 X 与 Y 之间深层次的/不断扩大的/主要的/严重的分歧
Meetings and agreements 会议与协议 - have/hold/host/attend an international conference/an economic forum/a G20 summit
召开/举行/主办/出席国际会议/经济论坛/二十国集团峰会 - launch a new round of global/multilateral/world trade negotiations
发起新一轮的全球/多边/世界贸易谈判 - send/head/lead/meet a high-level/an official/a trade delegation
派遣/领导/带领/会见高层/官方/贸易代表团 - begin/start/continue/resume peace talks
开始/继续/重启和平谈判 - be committed to/be opposed to/disrupt/undermine/derail/sabotage the peace process
致力于/反对/扰乱/损害/干扰/破坏和平进程 - negotiate/achieve a lasting political settlement
达成/取得长期的政治协议 - broker/sign a peace deal/agreement/treaty
协商/签署和平协议
Conflict 冲突 - be/constitute/pose a threat to global security
构成对全球安全的一大威胁 - compromise/endanger/protect national security
损害/危及/保护国家安全 - justify/be in favour of/ (US English) be in favor of/be against military intervention
证明军事干预合理;支持/反对军事干预 - threaten/authorize/launch/take/support/oppose unilateral/pre-emptive military action
扬言采取/授权使用/发起/采取/支持/反对单边的/先发制人的军事行动 - impose/enforce/lift/end economic sanctions/an arms embargo/a naval blockade
强制实行/解除经济制裁/武器禁运/海上封锁 - close/protect/secure/patrol the border
封锁/保卫边境;在边境地区巡逻 - lead/be involved in a peacekeeping operation
领导/参与维和行动
Aid 援助 - negotiate/announce a $15 billion aid package/an economic stimulus package
达成/宣布 150 亿美元的一套援助计划/刺激经济的一揽子计划 - send/provide/request/cut off military aid
派遣/提供/请求/中断军事援助 - bring/provide emergency/humanitarian relief
带来/提供紧急/人道主义救助 - deliver/distribute medical supplies/(British English) food parcels/(North American English)food packages
- fund/run a foreign/a local/an international NGO
资助/管理外国/当地/国际非政府组织 - reduce/eradicate child/global/world poverty
减少/根除儿童/全球性/世界性贫困
Culture aidaid Most aid (= money, food and equipment) is given to the world's poorest countries to help reduce poverty. Projects paid for by aid money are often aimed at improving local housing and water supply, agriculture, health and education. Training local people is a central part of many programmes. A lot of aid money comes from governments, but development projects are often run with the help of NGOs (non-governmental organizations), such as charities. Some charities, for example, Oxfam, the Red Cross and Save the Children, run their own aid programmes with money given by the general public. Additional emergency aid is given after natural disasters.The British government gives aid each year to developing countries. The distribution of aid is organized by the Department for International Development. Some aid is given direct to individual countries; the rest is distributed through international organizations such as the United Nations and the World Bank. Britain, together with other countries, is helping to reduce the debts of poorer countries and may under certain circumstances cancel debts.The US began giving foreign aid during the Second World War, when the Lend-Lease Act made it possible to give military equipment to foreign countries. After the war the US created the Marshall Plan, a $15 billion programme to help European countries rebuild their economies. The US has continued to spend large amounts of money on foreign aid although it has sometimes been criticized for the way it decides who to help. USAID distributes US foreign aid.Two organizations are particularly concerned with training local people. In Britain Voluntary Service Overseas arranges for people to work abroad for a few years so that they can pass on their skills. They are paid at local rates by the government of the country they are working in. The Peace Corps, a US government agency, does similar work but it pays the living expenses of the volunteers and gives them a small amount of money each month.援助 Extra ExamplesTopics The environmentb2, Moneyb2The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area. 英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。 The country's president has appealed for international aid in the wake of the disaster. 灾难发生后该国总统呼吁国际社会给予援助。 Emergency aid arrived too late for many. 对许多人来说,紧急援助来得太晚了。 a $14 million aid package 价值1,400万元的一揽子援助计划
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- emergency
- humanitarian
- cash
- …
- appeal for
- call for
- extend
- …
- agency
- worker
- budget
- …
- [uncountable]
help that you need, especially to perform a particular task (完成某工作所需的)帮助,助手,辅助物 - with the aid of somebody/something
She walks with the aid of a stick. 她拄着拐杖走路。 - without the aid of somebody/something
This job would be impossible without the aid of a computer. 这项工作不用计算机是不行的。 - (formal)
One of the staff saw he was in difficulty and came to his aid (= helped him). 一名工作人员见他有困难,便过来帮忙。
Extra ExamplesShe is now able to get around with the aid of a walking stick. 她现在能拄着拐杖走路了。 We enlisted the aid of John and his family. 我们争取了约翰及其家人的帮助。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + aid- ask for
- enlist
- come to somebody’s
- …
- in aid of
- with the aid of
- without the aid of
- …
- with the aid of somebody/something
- [countable]
an object, a machine, etc. that you use to help you do something see also hearing aid, visual aid辅助设备 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- effective
- essential
- useful
- …
- aid to
see also Kool-Aid™
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French aide (noun), aidier (verb), based on Latin adjuvare, from ad- ‘towards’ + juvare ‘to help’.
Idioms
in aid of something/somebody
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in order to help something/somebody (英国)经济发展特区,经济开发区 collecting money in aid of charity 为资助慈善事业的募捐
what’s… in aid of?