An aide is a person whose job is to help someone with an important job — most often a politician, a president, a minister, or a senior official. You meet it constantly in the news: a presidential aide, an aide to the mayor, a congressional aide.

An aide is a person whose job is to help someone with an important jobaide 是負責幫助某個擔任重要職務的人的人 most often a politician, a president, a minister, or a senior official最常是政治人物、總統、部長，或高階官員 You meet it constantly in the news你在新聞裡會一直看到它 a presidential aide, an aide to the mayor, a congressional aide像 a presidential aide、an aide to the mayor、a congressional aide 這樣

It is a little more formal than assistant, and it often hints that the person stands close to power, not only that they fetch coffee. Though actually, American news stretches the word quite wide: a “senior aide” may be a real adviser, while a junior aide may still be quite new and quite junior.

It is a little more formal than assistant它比 assistant 正式一點 and it often hints that the person stands close to power而且常常暗示這個人站得離權力核心很近 not only that they fetch coffee不只是幫忙端咖啡而已 Though actually, American news stretches the word quite wide不過其實美國新聞把這個字用得很寬 a "senior aide" may be a real adviser「senior aide」可能是真正的顧問 while a junior aide may still be quite new and quite junior而 junior aide 可能還很資淺、很新

The word came into English from French aide, “helper”, the same root as aid. Keep the two apart: aid is the help itself (or money and food sent to people in trouble); an aide is the person.

The word came into English from French aide, "helper"這個字是從法文 aide（意思是「幫手」）進入英文的 the same root as aid和 aid 是同一個字根 Keep the two apart要把這兩個字分清楚 aid is the help itself (or money and food sent to people in trouble)aid 是幫助本身（或是送給困難中的人的金錢和食物） an aide is the personaide 則是那個人