The Wordsmith Dictionary

Help, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Helped (Obs. imp. Holp (, p. p. Holpen (;p. pr. & vb. n. Helping. ] Etym: [AS. helpan; akin to OS. helpan, D. helpen, G. helfen, OHG. helfan, Icel. hjalpa, Sw. hjelpa, Dan. hielpe, Goth. hilpan; cf. Lith. szelpti, and Skr. klp to be fitting. ]

1. To furnish with strength or means for the successful performance of any action or the attainment of any object; to aid; to assist; as, to help a man in his work; to help one to remember; -- the following infinitive is commonly used without to; as, "Help me scale yon balcony. " Longfellow.

2. To furnish with the means of deliverance from trouble; as, to help one in distress; to help one out of prison. "God help, poor souls, how idly do they talk! " Shak.

3. To furnish with relief, as in pain or disease; to be of avail against; -- sometimes with of before a word designating the pain or disease, and sometimes having such a word for the direct object. "To help him of his blindness. " in is used for that function; -- "to help him in his misery " Shak. The true calamus helps coughs. Gerarde.

4. To change for the better; to remedy. Cease to lament for what thou canst not help. Shak.

5. To prevent; to hinder; as, the evil approaches, and who can help it Swift.

6. To forbear; to avoid. I can not help remarking the resemblance betwixt him and our author. Pope.

7. To wait upon, as the guests at table, by carving and passing food. To help forward, to assist in advancing. -- To help off, to help to go or pass away, as time; to assist in removing. Locke. -- To help on, to forward; to promote by aid. -- To help out, to aid, as in delivering from a difficulty, or to aid in completing a design or task. The god of learning and of light Would want a god himself to help him out. Swift. -- To help over, to enable to surmount; as, to help one over an obstacle. -- To help to, to supply with; to furnish with; as, to help one to soup. -- To help up, to help (one ) to get up; to assist in rising, as after a fall, and the like. "A man is well holp up that trusts to you. " Shak.

Syn. -- To aid; assist; succor; relieve; serve; support; sustain; befriend. -- To Help, Aid, Assist. These words all agree in the idea of affording relief or support to a person under difficulties. Help turns attention especially to the source of relief. If I fall into a pit, I call for help; and he who helps me out does it by an act of his own. Aid turns attention to the other side, and supposes coöperation on the part of him who is relieved; as, he aided me in getting out of the pit; I got out by the aid of a ladder which he brought. Assist has a primary reference to relief afforded by a person who "stands by " in order to relieve. It denotes both help and aid. Thus, we say of a person who is weak, I assisted him upstairs, or, he mounted the stairs by my assistance. When help is used as a noun, it points less distinctively and exclusively to the source of relief, or, in other words, agrees more closely with aid. Thus we say, I got out of a pit by the help of my friend.

HELP

HELP Help, v. i.

Defn: To lend aid or assistance; to contribute strength or means; to avail or be of use; to assist. A generous present helps to persuade, as well as an agreeable person. Garth. To help out, to lend aid; to bring a supply.

HELP

Help, n. Etym: [AS. help; akin to D. hulp, G. hülfe, hilfe, Icel.hjalp, Sw. hjelp, Dan. hielp. See Help, v. t.]

1. Strength or means furnished toward promoting an object, or deliverance from difficulty or distress; aid; ^; also, the person or thing furnishing the aid; as, he gave me a help of fifty dollars. Give us help from trouble, for vain is the help of man. Ps. lx. 11.God is. .. a very present help in trouble. Ps. xlvi. 1. Virtue is a friend and a help to nature. South.

2. Remedy; relief; as, there is no help for it.

3. A helper; one hired to help another; also, thew hole force of hired helpers in any business.

4. Specifically, a domestic servant, man or woman. [Local, U. S.]

HELPER

HELPER Help "er, n.

Defn: One who, or that which, helps, aids, assists, or relieves; as, a lay helper in a parish. Thou art the helper of the fatherless. Ps. x. 14. Compassion. .. oftentimes a helper of evils. Dr. H. More.

HELPFUL

HELPFUL Help "ful, a.

Defn: Furnishing help; giving aid; assistant; useful; salutary. Heavens make our presence and our practices Pleasant and helpful to him! Shak. -- Help "ful *ly, adv. -- Help "ful *ness, n. Milton.

HELPLESS

HELPLESS Help "less, a.

1. Destitute of help or strength; unable to help or defend one's self; needing help; feeble; weak; as, a helpless infant. How shall I then your helpless fame defend Pope.

2. Beyond help; irremediable. Some helpless disagreement or dislike, either of mind or body. Milton.

3. Bringing no help; unaiding. [Obs. ] Yet since the gods have been Helpless foreseers of my plagues. Chapman.

4. Unsupplied; destitute; -- with of. [R.] Helpless of all that human wants require. Dryden. -- Help "less *ly, adv. -- Help "less *ness, n.

HELPMATE

Help "mate `, n. Etym: [A corruption of the "help meet for him " of Genesis ii. 18.Fitzedward Hall. ]

Defn: A helper; a companion; specifically, a wife. In Minorca the ass and the hog are common helpmates, and are yoked together in order to turn up the land. Pennant. A waiting woman was generally considered as the most suitable helpmate for a parson. Macaulay.

HELPMEET

Help "meet `, n. Etym: [See Helpmate. ]

Defn: A wife; a helpmate. The Lord God created Adam, ... and afterwards, on his finding the want of a helpmeet, caused him to sleep, and took one of his ribs and thence made woman. J. H. Newman.

New American Oxford Dictionary

help

help |help hɛlp | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 make it easier for (someone ) to do something by offering one's services or resources: Roger's companion helped him with the rent | [ with obj. and infinitive ] : she helped him find a buyer | [ no obj. ] : the teenager helped out in the corner store. • improve (a situation or problem ); be of benefit to: upbeat comments about prospects helped confidence | sore throats can be helped by gargling | [ no obj. ] : legislation to fit all new cars with catalytic converters will help. • [ with obj. ] assist (someone ) to move in a specified direction: I helped her up. • (help someone on /off with ) assist someone to put on or take off (a garment ). 2 (help someone to ) serve someone with (food or drink ): she helped herself to a cookie. • (help oneself ) take something without permission: he helped himself to the wages she had brought home. 3 (can /could not help ) cannot or could not avoid: he could not help laughing | you can't help but agree. • (can /could not help oneself ) cannot or could not stop oneself from acting in a certain way: she couldn't help herself; she burst into tears. ▶noun the action of helping someone to do something; assistance: I asked for help from my neighbors | thank you for your help. • [ in sing. ] a person or thing that helps: he was a great help. • a domestic servant or employee. • (as plural noun the help ) a group of such employees working for one employer. • [ as modifier ] giving assistance to a computer user in the form of displayed instructions: a help menu. ▶exclam. used as an appeal for urgent assistance: Help! I'm drowning! PHRASES so help me ( God ) used to emphasize that one means what one is saying. there is no help for it there is no way of avoiding or remedying a situation. ORIGIN Old English helpan (verb ), help (noun ), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch helpen and German helfen .

help desk

help desk |ˈhɛlp ˌdɛsk | ▶noun a service providing information and support to computer users, esp. within a company.

helper

help er |ˈhelpər ˈhelpər | ▶noun a person who helps someone else: there was no shortage of willing helpers. we rely on volunteer helpers.

helper cell

help er cell |ˈhelpər ˈhɛlpər sɛl |(also helper T cell ) ▶noun Physiology a T cell that influences or controls the differentiation or activity of other cells of the immune system.

helpful

help ful |ˈhelpfəl ˈhɛlpfəl | ▶adjective giving or ready to give help: people are friendly and helpful | helpful staff. • useful: we find it very helpful to receive comments. DERIVATIVES help ful ly adverb, help ful ness noun

helping

help ing |ˈhelpiNG ˈhɛlpɪŋ | ▶noun a portion of food served to one person: there will be enough for six to eight helpings | she asked for a second helping of spinach.

helping hand

help ing hand ▶noun (a helping hand ) assistance: she was always ready to lend a helping hand.

helpless

help less |ˈhelplis ˈhɛlpləs | ▶adjective unable to defend oneself or to act without help: the cubs are born blind and helpless. • uncontrollable: they burst into helpless laughter. DERIVATIVES help less ly adverb, help less ness noun

helpline

help line |ˈhelpˌlīn ˈhɛlpˌlaɪn | ▶noun a telephone service providing help with problems.

Helpmann, Sir Robert

Help mann, Sir Robert |ˈhelpmən ˈhɛlpmən | (1909 –86 ), Australian ballet dancer, choreographer, director, and actor; full name Sir Robert Murray Helpmann. He began a long partnership with Margot Fonteyn in 1935.

helpmate

help mate |ˈhelpˌmāt ˈhɛlpˌmeɪt |(also helpmeet |-ˌmēt |) ▶noun a helpful companion or partner, esp. one's husband or wife. ORIGIN late 17th cent. (as helpmeet ): from an erroneous reading of Gen. 2:18, 20, where Adam's future wife is described as “an help meet for him ” (i.e., a suitable helper for him ). The variant helpmate came into use in the early 18th cent.

Helprin, Mark

Hel prin, Mark |ˈhelprən ˈhɛlprən | (1947 –), US journalist and writer. His works of fiction include Winter's Tale (1983 ), A Soldier of the Great War (1991 ), and Memoir from Antproof Case (1995 ).

Oxford Dictionary

help

help |hɛlp | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 make it easier or possible for (someone ) to do something by offering them one's services or resources: they helped her with domestic chores | [ with obj. and infinitive ] : she helped him find a buyer | [ no obj. ] : the teenager helped out in the corner shop. • improve (a situation or problem ); be of benefit to: upbeat comments about prospects helped confidence | [ no obj. ] : legislation to fit all new cars with catalytic converters will help. • [ with obj. and adverbial of direction ] assist (someone ) to move: I helped her up. • (help someone on /off with ) assist someone to put on or take off (a garment ). 2 (help someone to ) serve someone with (food or drink ): may I help you to some more meat? | she helped herself to a biscuit. • (help oneself ) take something without permission: he helped himself to the wages she had brought home. 3 (can /could not help ) cannot or could not avoid: he couldn't help laughing | I'm sorry to put you to any inconvenience, but it can't be helped. • (can /could not help oneself ) cannot or could not stop oneself from doing something: she couldn't help herself; she burst into tears. ▶noun [ mass noun ] the action of helping someone to do something: I asked for help from my neighbours. • the fact of being useful: the skimpy manual isn't much help for beginners. • a person or thing that helps: she's been given financial help with travel | [ in sing. ] : he was a great help. • [ count noun ] a domestic employee. • [ as modifier ] giving assistance to a computer user in the form of displayed instructions: a help menu. ▶exclamation used as an appeal for urgent assistance: Help! I'm drowning! PHRASES a helping hand assistance: she was always ready to lend a helping hand. so help me ( God ) used to emphasize that one means what one is saying. there is no help for it there is no way of avoiding or remedying a situation. ORIGIN Old English helpan (verb ), help (noun ), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch helpen and German helfen .

help desk

help desk ▶noun a service providing information and support to computer users, especially within a company.

helper

help ¦er |ˈhɛlpə (r )| ▶noun a person who helps someone else: there was no shortage of willing helpers. we rely on volunteer helpers.

helper cell

help ¦er cell ▶noun Physiology a T-lymphocyte that influences or controls the differentiation or activity of other cells of the immune system.

helpful

help |ful |ˈhɛlpfʊl, -f (ə )l | ▶adjective giving or ready to give help: people are friendly and helpful | helpful staff. • useful: pages of helpful information. DERIVATIVES helpfully adverb, helpfulness noun

helping

help |ing |ˈhɛlpɪŋ | ▶noun a portion of food served to one person at one time: there will be enough for six helpings. • a quantity of something: it's a powerful ballad tinged with a huge helping of gospel vibes.

helping hand

help ing hand ▶noun (a helping hand ) assistance: she was always ready to lend a helping hand.

helpless

help |less |ˈhɛlplɪs | ▶adjective unable to defend oneself or to act without help: the cubs are born blind and helpless. • uncontrollable: they burst into helpless laughter. DERIVATIVES helplessly adverb, helplessness noun

helpline

help |line |ˈhɛlplʌɪn | ▶noun a telephone service providing help with problems.

Helpmann, Sir Robert

Helpmann, Sir Robert |ˈhɛlpmən | (1909 –86 ), Australian ballet dancer, choreographer, director, and actor; full name Sir Robert Murray Helpmann. He joined the Vic-Wells Ballet shortly after coming to England in 1933, and in 1935 began a long partnership with Margot Fonteyn.

helpmate

helpmate |ˈhɛlpmeɪt |(also helpmeet ) ▶noun a helpful companion or partner, especially one's husband or wife. ORIGIN late 17th cent. (as helpmeet ): from an erroneous reading of Gen. 2:18, 20, where Adam's future wife is described as ‘an help meet for him ’ (i.e. a suitable helper for him ). The variant helpmate came into use in the early 18th cent.

Helprin, Mark

American Oxford Thesaurus

help

help verb 1 can you help me please? assist, aid, lend a (helping ) hand to, give assistance to, come to the aid of; be of service to, be of use to; do someone a favor, do someone a service, do someone a good turn, bail someone out, come to someone's /the rescue, give someone a leg up; informal get someone out of a tight spot, save someone's bacon, save someone's skin. ANTONYMS hinder. 2 this credit card helps cancer research: support, contribute to, give money to, donate to; promote, boost, back; further the interests of, bankroll. ANTONYMS impede. 3 sore throats are helped by lozenges: relieve, soothe, ease, alleviate, make better, improve, assuage, lessen; remedy, cure, heal. ANTONYMS worsen. ▶noun 1 I'll take help wherever I can find it | this may be of help to you: assistance, aid, a helping hand, support, succor, advice, guidance; benefit, use, advantage, service, comfort; informal a shot in the arm. 2 he sought help for his eczema: relief, alleviation, improvement, assuagement, healing; a remedy, a cure, a restorative. 3 they treated the help badly: domestic worker, domestic servant, cleaner, cleaning lady, housekeeper, maid, hired help, helper. ▶exclamation we heard the faint cries of "Help! " in the distance: SOS, mayday. PHRASES cannot help he could not help laughing: be unable to stop, be unable to refrain from, be unable to keep from. help oneself to Tara helped herself to one of the photo albums that we left on the table: steal, take, appropriate, borrow, liberate, pocket, lift, purloin, commandeer; informal swipe, nab, filch, walk off with, run off with, pinch.

helper

helper noun the teachers' helpers are treated to a picnic lunch at the end of each school year: assistant, aide, helpmate, helpmeet, deputy, auxiliary, second, right-hand man /woman, attendant, acolyte; coworker, workmate, teammate, associate, colleague, partner; informal sidekick.

helpful

helpful adjective 1 the staff are helpful: obliging, eager to please, kind, accommodating, supportive, cooperative; sympathetic, boosterish, neighborly, charitable. ANTONYMS unsympathetic, unobliging. 2 we found your comments helpful: useful, of use, beneficial, valuable, profitable, advantageous, fruitful, worthwhile, constructive; informative, instructive. ANTONYMS useless. 3 a helpful new tool: handy, useful, convenient, practical, easy-to-use, functional, serviceable; informal neat, nifty. ANTONYMS inconvenient.

helping

helping noun the helpings are very generous: portion, serving, piece, slice, share, ration, allocation; informal dollop.

helpless

helpless adjective the cubs are born blind and helpless: dependent, incapable, powerless, impotent, weak; defenseless, vulnerable, exposed, unprotected, open to attack; paralyzed, disabled. ANTONYMS independent.

helpmate, helpmeet

helpmate, helpmeet noun he thanked his wife of twenty years for being his helpmate and best friend: helper, assistant, attendant; supporter, friend, companion; spouse, partner, life partner, mate, husband, wife.

Oxford Thesaurus

help

help verb 1 they helped her with domestic chores | can you help me please? assist, aid, help out, lend a hand to, lend a helping hand to, give assistance to, come to the aid of, succour, aid and abet; be of service to, be of use to, be useful to; do someone a favour, do someone a service, do someone a good turn, bail /bale someone out, come to someone's rescue, give someone a leg up; cooperate with, do one's bit for, rally round, pitch in, chip in; informal get someone out of a tight spot, save someone's bacon, save someone's skin; Brit. informal muck in with, get stuck in with. ANTONYMS hinder. 2 using this affinity card helps cancer research: support, contribute to, give money to, give a donation to; promote, boost, give a boost to, back, give backing to, forward, encourage, further the interests of; N. Amer. informal bankroll. ANTONYMS impede. 3 sore throats can be helped by gargles: relieve, soothe, ameliorate, alleviate, make better, ease, improve, assuage, palliate, lessen, mitigate; remedy, cure, heal, restore. ANTONYMS worsen, aggravate. 4 can I help you? serve, be of assistance to, be of help to, be of service to, give help to. PHRASES cannot help he could not help laughing: be unable to stop, be unable to prevent oneself from, be unable to refrain from, be unable to keep from, be unable to forbear from, be unable to break the habit of. help oneself to he helped himself to the wages she had brought home: steal, take, appropriate, take possession of, ‘borrow ’, ‘liberate ’, pocket, purloin, commandeer, make free with, use without asking; informal swipe, nab, filch, snaffle, blag, walk off with, run off with; Brit. informal nick, pinch, whip, knock off; N. Amer. informal heist, glom; W. Indian informal tief. ▶noun 1 I asked for help from my neighbours | this could be of help to you: assistance, aid, a helping hand, support, succour, advice, guidance; benefit, use, advantage, service, comfort, avail; cooperation, collaboration, backing, encouragement; informal a shot in the arm. ANTONYMS hindrance. 2 he sought help for his eczema: relief, amelioration, alleviation, easing, improvement, assuagement, mitigation, healing; a remedy, a cure, a balm, a salve, a restorative, a corrective. ANTONYMS irritant. 3 they treated the help like dirt: domestic worker, domestic help, domestic servant, cleaner, cleaning woman, cleaning lady, home help, maid, housemaid, housekeeper, servant, hired help, helper, assistant, employee, worker; Brit. informal daily, daily woman, skivvy, Mrs Mop; Brit. dated charwoman, charlady, char; archaic scullion, abigail. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD help, aid, assist, support ■ Help is the most general term for acting in such a way as to make it easier for someone else to do something or, more generally, to make their life more comfortable (she helped him to find a job | helping the poor ). When followed by an infinitive, as in the first example above, to can be omitted (we can help give these youngsters a better start in life ). ■ Aid is used in more formal contexts, and typically in the case of help in the achievement of something (these posters aid employees in the identification of pests ). It is often used with impersonal or abstract subjects and objects (some additions have been made to the text to aid understanding ), and as aided in constructions such as computer-aided design. ■ Assist is also a more formal term for help (a charge of murder was brought against him for assisting a woman to commit suicide | two approaches might assist in tackling the problem ), and it can be used specifically to indicate that someone plays a subordinate part in a joint action (a subcommittee should be appointed to assist the chairman ). ■ To support someone or something is to show one's approval or agreement and, where necessary, to give practical, especially financial, assistance (we want to support all efforts for peace | they supported many local charities ). Often the suggestion is that the help provided is important or essential for something's survival or success (he could not have earned enough to support his family ). Support is also used of giving emotional help and comfort (his wife has supported him through many difficult periods ).These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

helper

helper noun there was no shortage of helpers to relieve us during breaks: assistant, co-worker, fellow worker, workmate, teammate, helpmate, helpmeet, associate, aider, aide, colleague, supporter, partner, collaborator, abetter; subordinate, deputy, auxiliary, second, second in command, number two, right-hand man, right-hand woman, attendant, junior, acolyte; accessory, accomplice, henchman; informal sidekick.

helpful

helpful adjective 1 the staff are friendly and helpful: obliging, eager to help, eager to please, friendly, pleasant, kind, accommodating, considerate, thoughtful, supportive, cooperative, sympathetic, caring, hospitable, neighbourly, charitable, benevolent, beneficent. ANTONYMS unobliging, unsympathetic. 2 we find it very helpful to receive comments: useful, of use, of service, of benefit, beneficial, valuable, profitable, fruitful, advantageous, worthwhile, productive, constructive, practical; informative, instructive. ANTONYMS useless. 3 we recommend this helpful new power tool: handy, useful, convenient, practical, easy-to-use, well-designed, user-friendly, user-oriented, functional, serviceable, utilitarian; informal neat, nifty. ANTONYMS inconvenient.

helping

helping noun there will be enough for six to eight helpings: portion, serving, piece, slice, share, spoonful, plate, plateful, bowlful, ration, allocation; informal dollop.

helpless

helpless adjective the cubs are born blind and helpless: dependent, incapable, powerless, impotent, weak, weakly, feeble; defenceless, unprotected, vulnerable, exposed, easily hurt, easily destroyed, open to attack. ANTONYMS independent, capable of looking after oneself.

helpmate

helpmate noun 1 a crowing rooster was the helpmate of the goddess of the sun: companion, partner, associate, assistant, helper, helpmeet, attendant, escort; supporter, friend. 2 she couldn't survive on her own and happily submitted to the role of helpmate once again: spouse, partner, consort, mate, husband, wife; informal other half, better half.

Duden Dictionary

Help

Help Substantiv, Neutrum EDV , das |H e lp |das Help; Genitiv: des Helps englisch Einrichtung zur Unterstützung des richtigen Programmablaufs im Computer

Helpdesk

Help desk , Help-Desk Substantiv, maskulin oder Substantiv, Neutrum , der oder das Help-Desk |H e lpdesk H e lp-Desk |der, auch: das Helpdesk; Genitiv: des Helpdesks, Plural: die Helpdesks der, auch: das Help-Desk; Genitiv: des Help-Desks, Plural: die Help-Desks englisch help desk, eigentlich = Hilfeschalter, -stand, aus: help = Hilfe und desk = Schreibtisch; Schalter (in Zusammensetzungen )telefonisch oder über das Internet zur Verfügung stehender Informationsdienst

Sanseido Dictionary

HELP

HELP 〖 Help system for Emergency Life saving and Public safety 〗 →緊急通報システム

HELP

HELP 〖 House in Emergency of Love and Peace 〗1986 年（昭和 61 ）キリスト教系の団体が東京に開設したアジア女性のための緊急避難センター。アジア女性の家（Asian Women's Shelter ）。

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

help

help /help /(名 )helper, (形 )helpful, helpless コーパス頻度ランク help A 〈人〉(to ) ＋動詞 ①get (↓他動詞 2 第2例 )②find (↓他動詞 1a 第2例 )③make (↓他動詞 1a 第3例 )④understand (↓他動詞 2 第4例 )⑤learn (↓他動詞 2 第2例 )❢help は「手伝う, 助ける」が基本の意の動詞で, 人が …するのを助けるの意で, 上記の動詞のほか, keep, see, develop などの動詞ともしばしば一緒に用いられる (↓他動詞 1a 語法 ).動詞～s /-s /; ～ed /-t /; ～ing 他動詞 1 a. 〈人が〉( «…のことで /…して » )〈困っている人〉を手伝う , 手助けする , 援助する «with /in (do ing )» ; 〈人〉を救助する ; 〖help A (to ) do 〗A 〈人〉が …するのを助ける ; 〖help (to ) do 〗…するのを助ける ▸ Peter helped me with my math homework .ピーターは数学の宿題を手伝ってくれた ▸ Can you help me (to ) find a taxi? タクシーを探すのに手を貸してくれますか ▸ We will help you (to ) make reservations .我々がご予約のお手伝いをしましょう ▸ I helped (to ) clear up the mess .私は汚れ物を片付けるのを手伝った ▸ He helped me morally and financially .彼は私を精神的にも経済的にも助けてくれた ▸ help crime victims 犯罪の被害者を救済する ▸ Somebody! Help me! だれか, 助けて｟作文のポイント｠トムが机を動かすのを手伝った .× I helped Tom with moving the desk .○ I helped Tom (to ) move the desk .｟作文のポイント｠私は弟の宿題を手伝った .× I helped my brother's homework .○ I helped my brother with his homework .❢helpの目的語は「人」が原則 .語法 help A (to ) do /(to ) doにおけるtoの有無 ①toを入れるか入れないかはリズム語調とも関連するが, ｟米｠では入れない形が好まれ, ｟英｠にもそれが浸透しつつある .②受け身では必ずto付き不定詞となる ▸ She was helped to sit up in bed .彼女はベッドから起き上がるのを手伝ってもらった b. 〈店員などが〉〈客など〉の用 [注文 ]を聞く , …に応対する ▸ May [Can ] I help you? 何にいたしましょうか ; ご用件を承りましょうか (!店内で直接お客に, あるいは企業などでの電話応対の決まり文句; より丁寧にはHow may [can ] I help you? といい, 医者が患者に「どうなさいました」などという場合にも使われる ) 2 〈物事が〉〈物事〉を助長する , 促進する ; …を改善する ; 〈薬などが〉〈病気など〉を治す, 〈痛み〉を和らげる〖help (to ) do 〗〈物事が〉…するのに役立つ ; …の一因である〖help A (to ) do 〗〈物事が〉A 〈人〉が …するのに役立つ (!toの有無については ↑1a 語法 ) ▸ Physical exercise helps (to ) prevent heart disease .運動は心臓病予防の効果がある ▸ The course helped me (to ) learn English [get a good grade ].そのコースは私の英語学習に [が良い成績を取るのに ]役立った ▸ It doesn't help the situation if we don't talk .我々が黙っていたとしてもそれが事態を良くすることにはならない (!itはif節をさす ) ▸ This book will help you (to ) better understand computers .この本を読めばコンピュータの理解が深まる ▸ Do you have anything that helps athlete's foot? 水虫の治療薬がありますか 3 〖～ A ＋副詞〗〈人が〉〈人〉を助けて … させる , 〈人〉が … するのに手を貸す (!副詞は方向などの表現 ) ▸ help my grandma into [out of ] a car おばあちゃんを車に乗せて [車から降ろして ]あげる ▸ help a blind man across a busy street 目の不自由な人が往来の激しい通りを渡るのに手を貸す ▸ They helped me to a chair .彼らは私を (かかえて [支えて ])いすまで連れていってくれた 4 〖can, cannotを伴って〗…を防ぐ , 避ける , こらえる ; …をやめさせる (↓成句 cannot help doing ).5 【食べ物飲み物を】〈人〉に取ってあげる , 勧める , 給仕する «to » (↓成句 help oneself (1 ))▸ Shall I help you to another drink? ｟ややかたく｠もう1杯お飲物をお持ちいたしましょうか自動詞 1 〈人が〉 «…を /…(すること )で » 手伝う , 援助する , 助ける «with /in [by ] (do ing )» ▸ Help , I can't swim! 助けて, 泳げないの ▸ I usually help with the shopping .私はいつも買い物の手伝いをしている ▸ We need volunteers who can help in the repair work .修理作業を手伝ってもらえるボランティアが欲しい 2 〈物事人が〉役に立つ , 助けになる ; 〖it helps to do /doing 〗…することは役に立つ ▸ More sleep won't help .睡眠時間を増やしても効果はない ▸ That helped a lot [enormously ].それはずいぶん [この上もなく ]役立った [効果があった ]▸ It helped being able to hear her voice on the telephone .電話で彼女の声が聞けたということが力になった ▸ All profits will help towards a new school minibus .すべての利益が新しい小型スクールバスの購入に向けて役立つだろう can't [｟よりかたく｠c à nnot ] h é lp do ing ＝主に米 can't [よりかたく c à nnot ] h é lp b ù t do …せずにはいられない, …しないわけにはいかない, …(するの )はどうしようもない [しかたがない ] (!｟コーパス｠後に続く主な動詞はthink, feel, wonder, notice, laugh, smileなど ) ▸ I can't help thinking I could have saved them .彼らを救えたのにとどうしても考えてしまう ▸ I couldn't help but wonder what he was really after .彼が追い求めていたのは何なのだろうかと思わざるをえなかった A can't h é lp it 1 ｟話｠ «…だとしても » A 〈人〉のせいではない «if 節 » ▸ I couldn't help it if my alarm clock didn't go off .目覚しが鳴らなかったからといって僕のせいじゃないよ 2 〖itが前後の内容をさして〗(…であるが )Aにはやめられない [変えられない, (感情を )抑えられない ]; «…なのは » A 〈人〉にはどうしようもない «that 節 » ▸ I know it's stupid to smoke, but I just can't help it .タバコを吸うなんて愚かなこととはわかっちゃいるが, やめられないんだよね h è lp A al ó ng [al ó ng A ]1 Aを促進 [助長 ]する .2 A 〈人〉を手伝って (あることをはかどるようにして )やる .h è lp A ó ff [ó n ] with B A 〈人〉がB 〈衣類〉を脱ぐ [着る ]のを手伝う ▸ Let me help you off with your coat .コートをおとりしましょう .h é lp one s è lf 1 〖主に命令形で〗【食べ物飲み物を】自分で (自由に )取って食べる [飲む ] (!飲食物以外にも使う ) «to » ▸ There's food on the table, just help yourself .食べ物はテーブルに出てるわ, どうぞご自由にお取りください ▸ “Can I use the phone? ” “Help yourself .”「電話借りられる?」「ご自由にどうぞ」2 ｟くだけた話｠【物を】許可なく [勝手に ]使う, 盗む (steal ) «to » ▸ He'd been helping himself to his father's whiskey .彼はずっと親父のウイスキーを盗み飲みしていた 3 (困難などから抜け出すために )自ら努力する ▸ Heaven helps those who help themselves .｟ことわざ｠天は自ら助くる者を助く 4 〖canを伴い否定文で〗自分 (の感情など )を抑える ▸ I shouldn't have eaten so much but I couldn't help myself .そんなに大食いしなければよかったが我慢できなかった h è lp ó ut 1 (難しい状況で )手伝う, 手助けする, 援助する ▸ Do you need anyone to help out in the store? だれか店を手伝ってくれる人がいりますか .2 〈物が〉役に立つ .3 【仕事などを】手伝う «with » .h è lp A ó ut [ó ut A ]1 (難しい状況で )A 〈人〉を (経済的に )援助する ; A 〈人〉を (一時的に )手伝う, 手助けする ; A 〈人〉を助け出す ▸ My brother helped me out when I was unemployed .失業中兄は僕の面倒を見てくれた 2 A 〈人〉【の仕事など】を手伝う «with » .It can't be h é lped (…).｟話｠(そうなるのは )どうしようもないよ, しかたがないよ, ほかにどうしようもない .n ò t if Ì can h é lp it ｟話｠しなくて済むものなら …しない ; そんなことは起きてほしくない [ご免だ ], そのつもりはない .not m ò re than one can h é lp なるべく …しない, 必要以上には …しない ▸ He never tells us more than he can help .彼は最低限のことしかしゃべろうとしない so h é lp me (G ó d )｟話｠(そういうふうに私をお助けあれ, の意から )神に誓って, 本当に, 絶対に (!特に法廷での証言で宣誓のあとでいう言葉 ) .名詞複～s /-s /1 U «…での » 援助 , 助力 , 手伝い , 助け (aid, assistance ) «with » ▸ Thank you for your help .ご助力ありがとう ▸ Can I give you some help with that? そのことで何かお手伝いできますか ▸ get [seek ] help from an expert 専門家から助力を得る [求める ]▸ I would never have made it without your help .あなたの助けなしでは決して成功しなかったでしょう ▸ He quit smoking with the help of his family .彼は家族の協力でタバコをやめた 2 U 役に立つこと ▸ The instructions weren't much [were a lot of ] help .説明書は大して役に立たなかった [大いに役立った ]▸ Did you find the advice any help ?助言はいくらかでもお役に立ちましたか ▸ be of great [no ] help 大いに役に立つ [役に立たない ]3 U (危険に陥った人の )救助 , 救済 ▸ I need help , now! 助けて, 今すぐ ▸ He telephoned for help .彼は電話で助けを求めた 4 〖a ～〗【人の】助けとなる人 [物 ], 役立つもの «to » ▸ She was a great [big, real ] help to her father .彼女は大いにお父さんの役に立った (!｟しばしばおどけて｠役に立たない, 助けにならないの意味にもなる ) 5 C a. ｟やや古｠お手伝い , 召し使い .b. ｟主に米｠〖the ～; 集合的に; 複数扱い〗召し使いたち .6 U 〘コンピュ〙ヘルプ〘プログラムの使用法などの解説機能〙▸ a help menu ヘルプメニュー 7 U «…の » 救済手段 , 治療法 ; 逃げ道 , 対処法 «for » ▸ The patient is beyond help .その患者は助かる見込みがない ▸ There's no help for it. We'll have to sell the house .もうどうしようもないな . 家を売るしかない 8 ｟やや古｠＝helping 2 .～́ d è sk (企業などの )顧客サービス部署, 問い合わせ窓口 .～́ scr è en 〘コンピュ〙ヘルプ [説明 ]画面 .

helper

help er /hélpə r /→help 名詞複～s /-z /C 1 手助けする人 , 補助者 , 助手 (assistant )▸ a cook's helper 料理人の助手 2 ｟米｠お手伝いさん (!ホームヘルパーはhome health aide ) .3 助けになるもの , 道具 ▸ handy kitchen helpers 便利な台所用品 .～́ (T ) c è ll 〘生理〙ヘルパーT細胞 .

helpful

help ful /hélpf (ə )l /→help 形容詞 more ～; most ～1 a. 〈情報助言人などが〉 «…するのに /人に » 役に立つ , 有用な , 助けになる «in (do ing )/to , for » ▸ helpful hints 役に立つヒント ▸ Plenty of sleep is helpful in lowering your stress .十分な睡眠はストレスを和らげる効果がある ▸ The information is helpful to customers .その情報は消費者の役に立つ ▸ be helpful for children 子供たちの助けとなる ▸ Thank you, you've been very helpful .ありがとう, 本当に助かりました b. 〖it is helpful (for A ) to do 〗…するのは (A 〈人〉にとって )有益である ▸ It would be helpful to do regular physical exercises for healthy dieting .健康的なダイエットには規則的な運動をするのがよい 2 〈人が〉進んで手伝う ▸ try to be helpful 進んで手伝おうとする .～ly 副詞～ness 名詞

helping

h é lp ing 名詞 1 C (食べ物の )ひと盛り, 1杯 ▸ have a second helping of pizza ピザのお代わりをする 2 C ｟くだけて｠(援助になる )量 (amount ).～̀ h á nd 援助 [手伝い ]の手, 手助け .

helpless

help less /hélpləs /→help 形容詞 more ～; most ～1 自分では何も [どうにも ]できない , 体を動かす力がない ; «…に対して /…するのに » どうにもできない , 無力な «against /to do » ▸ a helpless patient ひとりでは動けない患者 ▸ Science looked helpless against this disease .科学はこの病気に対してなすすべがないかのようであった ▸ She was helpless to act .彼女はどうにも動けなかった 2 【感情などが】抑えられない «with » ▸ The girl was helpless with laughter .その少女はどうしても笑いが止まらなかった .3 〈表情などが〉困ったような ; 〈人などが〉助けのない ▸ give a helpless look 困ったような顔をする～ness 名詞

helplessly

h é lp less ly 副詞力なく, どうしようもなく .

helpline

h é lp l ì ne 名詞 C (電話による )悩み事相談サービス .

helpmate

h é lp m à te -m è et 名詞 C ｟やや古｠〘聖書〙連れ合い (!通例は妻 ) ; 援助 [協力 ]者, 仲間 .