help — Słownik języka angielskiego

Rzeczownik

1. Action given to provide assistance; aid.

   TłumaczenieDziałanie polegające na udzieleniu wsparcia; pomoc.

   Użycie

   • niepoliczalne
   • usually

   Przykłady

   Thank you for your help.

   I need some help with my homework.

2. Something or someone which provides assistance with a task.

   Użycie

   • niepoliczalne
   • usually

   Przykłady

   He was a great help to me when I was moving house.

3. Documentation provided with computer software that could be accessed using the computer.

   Użycie

   • niepoliczalne
   • usually

   Przykłady

   I can't find anything in the help about rotating an image.

4. A study aid.

   Użycie

   • policzalne
   • usually

   Przykłady

   I've printed out a list of math helps.

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   In 1979 the Church published a Latter-day Saint edition of the King James Version of the Bible in English. Included in this edition were numerous helps to make a study of the scriptures more meaningful and rewarding.

5. One or more people employed to help in the maintenance of a house or the operation of a farm or enterprise.

   Użycie

   • niepoliczalne
   • usually

   Przykłady

   The help is coming round this morning to clean.

   Most of the hired help is seasonal, for the harvest.

6. Correction of deficits, as by psychological counseling or medication or social support or remedial training.

   Użycie

   • niepoliczalne
   • usually

   Przykłady

   His suicide attempts were a cry for help.

   He really needs help in handling customer complaints.

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   “He’s a real road-rager.” / “Yup, he really needs help, maybe anger management.”

Czasownik

1. To provide assistance to (someone or something).

   TłumaczenieUdzielać pomocy komuś lub czemuś.

   Użycie

   • przechodnie

   Synonimy

   see through

   Przykłady

   Can you help me carry this bag?

   He helped his grandfather cook breakfast.

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   Risk is everywhere.[…]For each one there is a frighteningly precise measurement of just how likely it is to jump from the shadows and get you. “The Norm Chronicles”[…]aims to help data-phobes find their way through this blizzard of risks.

2. To assist (a person) in getting something, especially food or drink at table; used with to.

   TłumaczeniePomóc komuś w otrzymaniu czegoś, zwłaszcza jedzenia lub napoju przy stole; używane z to.

   Użycie

   • przechodnie

   Przykłady

   Please help yourself to some bread.

   It is polite to help your guests to food before serving yourself.

   Help yourself to whatever's in the fridge.

3. To contribute in some way to.

   Użycie

   • przechodnie

   Przykłady

   The white paint on the walls helps make the room look brighter.

   If you want to get a job, it helps to have some prior experience.

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   I've already taken three pills, but they don't seem to help my headache.

4. To provide assistance.

   Użycie

   • nieprzechodnie

   Przykłady

   She was struggling with the groceries, so I offered to help.

   Please, help!

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   As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion, prepared to give over to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once.

   Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.

5. To avoid; to prevent; to refrain from; to restrain (oneself). Usually used in nonassertive contexts with can.

   TłumaczenieUnikać, zapobiegać, powstrzymywać się lub hamować siebie. Zwykle używane z can w kontekstach nietwierdzących.

   Użycie

   • przechodnie

   Przykłady

   I cannot help laughing.

   We couldn’t help noticing that you were late.

   We couldn’t help but notice that you were late.

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   She’s trying not to smile, but she can’t help herself.

   Can I help it if I'm so beautiful?

   Can I help it that I fell in love with you?

   Are they going to beat us? Not if I can help it!

   She never does more than she can help.

6. To do something on the behalf of someone.

   Użycie

   • Hong-Kong
   • Singapore

   Przykłady

   Can you help me buy some groceries?

7. To assist or sympathize with (the speaker); used to express displeasure, disappointment or exasperation.

   Użycie

   • Singapore
   • Singlish
   • imperative

   Przykłady

   Compare Malay tolong (“help; please”) and Hokkien 導郎 /导郎 (tō͘-lông, “help; please”)

   Help lah.

Wykrzyknik

1. A cry of distress or an urgent request for assistance.

   Przykłady

   — Take that, you scoundrel. — Help! Robin, help!

2. A way to signal uncontrollable laughter; implying the risk of dying of laughter and needing assistance.

   Użycie

   • Internet

   Przykłady

   helpppp that's too funny, did she rlly say that?

Rzeczownik

1. the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose

   Synonimy

   aidassistassistance

   Terminy szersze

   activity

   Przykłady

   he gave me an assist with the housework

   could not walk without assistance

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   rescue party went to their aid

   offered his help in unloading

2. a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose

   Synonimy

   assistanthelpersupporter

   Terminy szersze

   worker

   Przykłady

   my invaluable assistant

   they hired additional help to finish the work

3. a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do

   Synonimy

   aidassistance

   Terminy szersze

   resource

   Przykłady

   visual aids in teaching

   his job was to give technical assistance over the phone

4. a means of serving

   Synonimy

   availservice

   Terminy szersze

   helpfulness

   Przykłady

   of no avail

   there's no help for it

Czasownik

1. give help or assistance; be of service

   Synonimy

   assistaid

   Terminy szersze

   supportback up

   Przykłady

   Everyone helped out during the earthquake

   Can you help me carry this table?

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   She never helps around the house

2. improve the condition of

   Synonimy

   aid

   Terminy szersze

   betterimproveamendamelioratemeliorate

   Przykłady

   These pills will help the patient

3. be of use

   Synonimy

   facilitate

   Terminy szersze

   serve

   Przykłady

   This will help to prevent accidents

4. abstain from doing; always used with a negative

   Synonimy

   help oneself

   Terminy szersze

   refrainforbear

   Przykłady

   I can't help myself — I have to smoke

   She could not help watching the sad spectacle

5. help to some food; help with food or drink

   Synonimy

   serve

   Terminy szersze

   providesupplyplycater

   Przykłady

   I served him three times, and after that he helped himself

6. contribute to the furtherance of

   Terminy szersze

   promoteadvanceboostfurtherencourage

   Przykłady

   This money will help the development of literacy in developing countries

7. take or use

   Synonimy

   avail

   Terminy szersze

   exploitwork

   Przykłady

   She helped herself to some of the office supplies

8. improve; change for the better

   Terminy szersze

   betterimproveamendamelioratemeliorate

   Przykłady

   New slipcovers will help the old living room furniture