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From the word’s history

From Middle English aide, from Old French aide, from aidier, from Latin adiūtō 'to assist, help'.

經古法文 aide 來自拉丁文 adiūtō「幫助」。

Wiktionary

You can think of 'aid' as one simple idea worn two ways: help — something extra that you bring in to make a hard task easier or to carry someone who is struggling. As a noun it is the help itself (or the thing/money/person that gives it); as a verb it is the act of giving that help. Whether it's an aid (a tool), aid (relief money), or to aid (to assist), the centre is always: lend support so the thing gets done.

可以把 aid 想成同一個念頭穿了兩件衣服：幫忙——你額外帶進來、讓難事變容易、或撐住正在吃力的人的那份支援。當名詞時，它就是那份幫助本身（或給出幫助的那個東西、那筆錢、那個人）；當動詞時，它就是「去給出這份幫助」的動作。不管是一件 aid（輔助工具）、一筆 aid（救援款）、還是 to aid（協助），中心都一樣：搭一把手，讓事情成得了。

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n aids

v aided aided aiding aids

原始詞典資料12 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

aidnoun詞源 1/eɪd/

  • 1

    Help; assistance; succor, relief.

    • He came to my aid when I was foundering.
    • An unconstitutional method of obtaining aid.
  • 2

    A helper; an assistant.

    • It is not good that man should bee alone, let vs make vnto him an aide like to himselfe.
  • 3

    Something which helps; a material source of help.

    • Slimming aids include dietary supplements and appetite suppressants.
    • The human is so poorly designed for aquatic adventures that he cannot even see in the water without artificial aids.
  • 4

    An historical subsidy granted to the crown by Parliament for an extraordinary purpose, such as a war effort.

    • In this parliament was granted to the king for defence against the Scots two aids and two quindecims, the which two aids did not extend over two quindecims.
  • 5

    An exchequer loan.

  • 6

    lawA pecuniary tribute paid by a vassal to his feudal lord on special occasions.

  • 7

    hobbieshorse-racinghorseracingThe rider's use of hands, legs, voice, etc. to control the horse.

aidverb詞源 2/eɪd/

  • 1

    To provide support to; to further the progress of; to help; to assist.

    • You speedy helpers […] Appear and aid me in this enterprise.
    • Smith is aided in his quest by an elfin, time-jumping alien with psychic powers played by another Coen brothers veteran, A Serious Man star Michael Stuhlbarg.
  • 2

    climbinghobbieslifestyleTo climb with the use of aids such as pitons.

    • Rather than climb into a bottomless off-width crack, we aided an 80-foot A2 to A3 crack to the top of a pedestal. By very tenuous face climbing, we gained entry to the crack, which we followed to a tree beneath the big chimney.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

  • artificial insemination by donor
  • Agency for International Development
  • aide

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