核心畫面
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…更多收起
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。原始詞典資料12 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，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.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。