vt.

1. 帮助[（+with）][O2][O3]
   Could you help me up with this suitcase?

   你帮我把这箱子搬到楼上好吗？

2. 援助；助长，促进[O2][O3]
   Foreign investments help our economic development.

   外国投资有助于我们的经济发展。

3. 补救；治疗
   What have you got that will help a cold?

   你有什么药能治感冒？

4. （与can, could连用）避免，阻止[+v-ing]
   She could not help laughing.

   她忍不住要笑。

5. （将食物等）分给；取用（食物等）[（+to）]
   Michael got up and helped himself to more brandy.

   迈克尔站起身来，又倒了一些白兰地。

   Can I help you to some more vegetables?

   你再吃些蔬菜好吗？

vi.

1. 帮助；有用[（+with/for）]
   Your sympathy helps a lot.

   你的同情帮助很大。

2. （在饭桌旁）招待，服务

n.

1. 帮助[U]
   Can I be of any help to you?

   我能帮忙吗？

2. 有助益的东西；有帮助的人[C][（+to）]
   The tour guide has been a great help.

   导游帮了大忙。

3. 帮手，助手
   She is quite a help to her mother.

   她是她妈妈的得力助手。

4. 【美】佣工[C]
   She has a help in twice a week.

   她雇了一个佣人，一周来做两次。

5. 【美】全体雇工（或佣人）[G]
   The help are demanding higher wages.

   雇工们要求增加工钱。

6. 救济法；逃路[U]
   The thing is done, and there is no help for it.

   事情已经发生了，没有办法补救。

v.

1. make it easier for (someone) to do something.
   ▸improve (a situation or problem); be of benefit to.
   ▸support (someone) to allow them to move in a specified direction:

   I helped her up.
2. (help someone to) serve someone with (food or drink).
   ▸ (help oneself) take something without permission.
3. (can/could not help) cannot or could not avoid.
   ▸ (can/could not help oneself) cannot or could not stop oneself from acting in a certain way.

n.

1. action or support that helps someone or something.
   ▸a source of such support.
2. [as modifier] Computing  giving assistance to a user in the form of displayed instructions:
   a help menu.
3. a domestic servant or employee.

exclam.