aid 用法

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1. 用作名词

① 表示一般意义的“帮助”或“援助”，是不可数名词：The family lived on government aid for two years. 这一家人靠政府援助生活了两年。How much foreign aid does Britain give? 英国在援外方面作出了多少贡献?

②表示“助手”或“辅助用品”等具体意义，是可数名词：The teacher made the teaching aids himself. 这位老师自己做教具。A dictionary is an important aid in learning a new language. 词典是学习一种新语言的重要工具。

③用于短语：用于短语：(a) come (go) to one’s aid 来(去)帮助某人：They all came to my aid. 他们都来帮助我。He went to the aid of the injured man. 他帮助那个受伤的人。(b) in aid of 用来帮助...：He collected money in aid of charity. 他为资助慈善事业募捐。该短语通常用于 What’s ...in aid of?(...有什么用?)这样的结构：What’s the money in aid of? 这钱作什么用? Now then, what’s all this crying in aid of? 好啦，还有什么好哭的?(c) with the aid of 借助...的帮助：We may travel with the aid of a good map. 我们可以靠一张好地图去旅行。我们可以靠一张好地图去旅行。The old man walked with the aid of a cane. 这位老人拐着手杖走路。

2. 用作动词(及物)They aided us with money. 他们用钱资助我们。They aided him in scientific studies. 他们援助他从事科学研究。A good dictionary can aid language learning. 一本好词典有助于语言学习。注意以下正误句型：我们已帮助他们提前完成了工作。正：We’ve aided him to finish the work ahead of time. 正：We’ve aided him in finishing the work ahead of time.

误：We’ve aided him finish the work ahead of time.

3. 比较 aid 与 help

①help 属普通用词，多用于口语和一般性文体；而 aid 则属正式用词，多用于较正式的文体。

②在表示较大的经济或物质帮助时一般用②; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"> aid, 较少用 help。

③两者句型有同有异：正：help sb (to) do sth (to 可省略)误：help sb doing sth正：aid sb to do sth (to 不可省略)正：aid sb in doing sth误：aid sb do sth