aid noun ⇨aid (£10 million in foreign aid)⇨help (come to sb's aid)⇨tool (a hearing/teaching aid)aid verb ⇨help1 (Each group is aided by a tutor or consultant.)⇨aid and abet⇨help1aid
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aid ♦︎ help ♦︎ welfare ♦︎ relief ♦︎ charity ♦︎ social security ♦︎ handoutThese are all words for help, money, food and other supplies that are given to people who are poor, sick or in need in some way.這些詞均表示救濟、捐助或援助。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆aid / help / welfare / relief / charity / social security / handouts for sb◆to be on welfare / social security◆emergency aid / help / relief◆government / state aid / help / welfare / relief / handouts◆direct / immediate / financial / medical aid / help / relief◆to get / receive aid / help / welfare / relief / charity / social security / handouts◆to accept aid / help / charity◆to give (sb) aid / help / relief / charity / handouts◆to provide / send / promise aid / help / relief◆to ask for aid / help / welfare / relief / charity◆to rely / depend on help / welfare / charity / social security / handouts◆to live on welfare / charity / social security■aid [uncountable] money, food, medicine and other supplies that are sent to help countries in difficult situations援助(如款項、食品、藥品等);救援物資◆An extra £10 million in foreign aid has been promised.額外的1 000萬英鎊外國援助款項已經得到許諾。◆Much of the funding has come from international aid agencies(= organizations that provide help).很多資金來自國際救援機構。■help [uncountable] advice or money that is given to sb in order to solve their problems幫助,援助,救助(如建議或金錢)◆I decided to seek legal help.我決定尋求法律援助。◆The organization offers practical help in dealing with paperwork.這個機構提供文件處理方面的實際幫助。 see also help ⇨ helpverb2■welfare ˈwelfeə(r); NAmEˈwelfer [uncountable] practical or financial help that is provided, often by the government, for people or animals that need it(政府給予的)福利◆The state is still the main provider of welfare.政府仍然是福利的主要提供者。◆Animal welfare groups want this practice banned altogether.動物保護團體希望全面禁止這種做法。ⓘ In American English welfare is also money that the government pays regularly to people who are poor, unemployed or sick. In British English this is called social security.美式英語中welfare還指政府定期發給貧困、失業或疾患人口的保障金,英式英語稱之爲social security◆They would rather work than live on welfare.他們甯願工作也不願靠社會保障金過活。 see also on welfare ⇨ unemployed■relief [uncountable] money, food, medicine and other supplies that are sent to help people in countries where there has been a war or natural disaster(因戰亂或天災而提供的)救援物品,救濟◆We raised £5 000 for famine relief.我們爲赈濟饑荒籌集了5 000英鎊。 see also relieve ⇨ easeNOTE辨析 Aid or relief?Aid is often used to talk about money given to countries in financial trouble, often over a period of time. Relief is used more often to talk about money, medicine, food, etc. given to people in places where there has been a war or natural disaster, usually as an immediate response to a sudden emergency. * aid常指給予經濟困難國家的資金援助,且通常持續一段時期。relief多指給予遭受戰爭或自然災害地區災民的資金、藥品、食品等,通常是對突發緊急情況的即時應對。■charity [uncountable] the aim of giving money, food and help to people who are in need慈善;赈濟◆Most of the runners in the London Marathon are raising money for charity.大多數人參加倫敦馬拉鬆賽跑是爲慈善事業募集資金。◆He refused to live off charity(= to live on money which other people give you because you are poor).他拒絕靠救濟過活。■ˌsocial seˈcurity [uncountable] (BrE) money that the government pays regularly to people who are poor, unemployed or sick(定期給予貧困、失業、疾患人口的)社會保障金◆He's been living on social security for the past two months.過去兩個月他一直靠社會保障金生活。■handoutˈhændaʊt [countable] (sometimesdisapproving) food, money or clothes that are given to a person who is poor(給予窮人的)施舍,救濟品(如食物、金錢或衣物)◆I don't want to be dependent on handouts.我不想依靠别人的施舍。 see also handout ⇨ gift, hand sth out ⇨ distribute