aid
/eɪd; ed/ n
1 [U] help 帮助; 援助: with the aid of a friend 在朋友的帮助下
legal aid 法律援助 * She came quickly to his aid, ie to help him. 她急忙来帮助他.
2 [C] thing or person that helps 有助之物或人: a `hearing aid 助听器
`teaching aids 教具 * visual `aids, eg pictures, films, etc used in teaching 视觉教具（如用於教学中的图片, 影片等）.
3 [U] food, money, etc sent to a country to help it （帮助某国的食物, 金钱等）援助
How much overseas/foreign aid does Britain give? 英国在援外方面做出多少贡献?
[attrib 作定语]
medical `aid programmes 医疗援助计划.
4 (idm 习语) in aid of sth/sb in support of sth/sb 以支援或帮助某事物[某人]
collect money in aid of charity 为资助慈善事业募捐. what's (all) this, etc in aid of? (infml 口) what is the purpose of this, etc? 这个（等）有什么用（意）?
Now then, what's all this crying in aid of? 得啦, 还有什么好哭的? aid, v
1 [Tn, Tn.pr, Tnt]
~ sb (in/with sth) (fml 文) help sb 帮助某人.
2 (idm 习语) ,aid and a`bet (esp law 尤用於法律) encourage or help (sb) in some criminal activity 怂恿或协助（某人）犯罪.