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You can picture the second pair of hands: someone else is doing the work and it is still their work — this person has come alongside to make it lighter.

一件事本來是別人的事,這個人走過來搭一把手。重點在「這件事的主人不是他」——他是旁邊那雙手,不是主事者。所以 hel更多收起一件事本來是別人的事,這個人走過來搭一把手。重點在「這件事的主人不是他」——他是旁邊那雙手,不是主事者。所以 helper 跟 partner、colleague 的感覺不一樣:partner 是兩個人一起扛,helper 是我的事、你來幫我。這個位置一旦固定下來、還領錢,就成了家裡請的幫傭。

One branch

來搭一把手的人

兩個意思是同一個位置的兩種樣子:偶爾來幫忙的,跟拿錢固定來做的。

someone who helps · noun · A2

Someone who helps another person do something. A helper often gives their time because they want to, rather than because it is their job.

幫手;幫忙的人

原始詞典資料7 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。

Helpername

  • 1

    A city in Carbon County, Utah, United States, which got its name from the practice of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad of attaching helper engines to trains there.

  • 2

    A surname; variant of Halpern or Helfer.

helpernoun/ˈhɛlpɚ/

  • 1

    One who helps; an aide; assistant; auxiliary.

  • 2

    That which helps; anything serving to assist.

    • While Adobe's Acrobat Reader, Macromedia's Flash player, and other common plug-ins suggest themselves the moment you encounter a site that requires them, other browser helpers are harder to find.
    • He no longer liked food that had “helper” in the name, such as Hamburger Helper and Tuna Helper. Patsy said he'd become uppity, and maybe, when it came to food, he had.
  • 3

    A person who does cleaning and cooking in a family home, or in a market; domestic employee.

  • 4

    rail-transportrailwaystransportA locomotive that assists a train, usually on steep gradients.

    • A device for the automatic control of crewless helper locomotives cut into the make-up of heavy freight trains has been perfected by the Louisville & Nashville RR in conjunction with the General Railway Signalling Co.
  • 5

    slangA stimulating pill, especially amphetamine.

    • And I routinely took more “helpers” when I woke up in order to maintain the fast pace and, more importantly, to study for my final exams.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。