aid /eid/ I. vt. 帮助，援助：aid a person in work 帮助某人做工作； aid a person in doing/to do sth. 帮助某人干某事 ‖II. n. 1.［u］帮助，援助: mutual aid 互助； give aid to… 给…帮助；go (come) to a person’s aid 去(来)帮助某人；financial aid 财政援助 2.［c］助手，辅助用品；补助金: a hearing aid/deaf aid 助听器；teaching aids 教学辅助用品(教具)；visual aids 直观教具

［辨析］与help和assist辨见help