Assist



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 帮助, 协助; 参加某事物
• ［英］ v. 帮助, 协助 ( help) ; 参加某事物 ( take part in sth)
• ［记］ as ( 加强动作) +sist ( 站立) -> 站在一起 -> 帮助
• ［同］ 派生词: assistance ( n. 帮助) 同根词: persistence ( 坚持) ; resistance ( 抵抗)

Webster Collegiate

I. verb

• Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French assister to help, stand by, from Latin assistere, from ad- + sistere to cause to stand; akin to Latin stare to stand — more at stand
• Date: 15th century
• transitive verb
  • to give usually supplementary support or aid to assisted the boy with his lessons
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to give support or aid assisted at the stoveanother surgeon assisted on the operation
  • 2. to be present as a spectator the ideal figures assisting at Italian holy scenes — Mary McCarthy

II. noun

• Date: 1597
• 1. an act of assistance ; aid
• 2. the action (as a throw or pass) of a player who enables a teammate to make a putout or score a goal; also official credit given for such an action
• 3. a mechanical or electromechanical device that provides assistance

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