| 单词 | assistance |
| 释义 | assistance (əsɪstəns ) 1. uncountable noun [oft with poss] B2 If you give someone assistance, you help them do a job or task by doing part of the work for them. Since 1976 he has been operating the shop with the assistance of volunteers. She can still come downstairs with assistance but she's very weak. Synonyms: help, backing, service, support 2. uncountable noun B2 If you give someone assistance, you give them information or advice. Any assistance you could give the police will be greatly appreciated. Employees are being offered assistance in finding new jobs. 3. uncountable noun B2 If someone gives a person or country assistance, they help them by giving them money. ...a viable programme of economic assistance. We shall offer you assistance with legal expenses up to $5,000. 4. uncountable noun B2 If something is done with the assistance of a particular thing, that thing is helpful or necessary for doing it. The translations were carried out with the assistance of a medical dictionary. 5. be of assistance phrase B2 Someone or something that is of assistance to you is helpful or useful to you. He was of great assistance to me in researches for my books. Can I be of any assistance? 6. come to sb's assistance phrase If you come to someone's assistance, you take action to help them. The Goodwins, who were staying opposite them, noticed their struggle and came to their assistance. Ben suffered a heart attack and Helen rushed to his assistance. Collocations: consular assistance The Foreign Office said it was aware of the death and providing consular assistance. The Sun (2013) Canada says its ability to provide consular assistance in the country is ' extremely limited'. Times, Sunday Times (2015) The men were granted no consular assistance during their six-month detention and fears had grown for their safety. Times, Sunday Times (2011) These awards are used to provide direct assistance to students to support and augment their studies. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In 2012, $1.8 million was given by state and local councils to seminaries, with an additional $5.9 million in direct assistance to seminarians. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This act included increased federal spending for health care, infrastructure, education, various tax breaks and incentives, and direct assistance to individuals. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The legislators eventually granted $120,000 to rebuild bridges and roads, which set a precedent for a state government to provide direct assistance after a natural disaster. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 All students receive personal, directed assistance in their studies. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It also provided disaster assistance and supported small development projects world-wide. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The organization strives to abolish the core causes of poverty, emphasizing livelihood training, literacy and education, and providing clean water, food, education and disaster assistance. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Again, 112th soldiers were called upon to play a significant role in disaster assistance and performed superbly. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They have conducted charitable activities, such as constructing disaster assistance centres. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The bill would have provided for $60.4 billion in supplemental disaster assistance. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The money has been spent on schemes including antigang initiatives, economic assistance for small businesses and school programmes. Times, Sunday Times We need to identify the right mix of diplomacy, intelligence, aid, economic assistance, security capacity building and force to lead us through these turbulent times. Times, Sunday Times The military and economic assistance to both the countries had been stopped when the war started. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Disbursements continued into the late 1970s, bringing total bilateral economic assistance to roughly $445 million. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It can be divided into two broad categories: military and economic assistance. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When she needed food, we gave her emergency assistance. Christianity Today The accords dictate that signatories keep each other informed of activities, use compatible systems, provide emergency assistance to each other and allow mining for resources. Times,Sunday Times It points out you should have contacted the medical emergency assistance firm listed on your policy when your trip was cut short. Times, Sunday Times About half goes in development programmes and half for emergency assistance. Times, Sunday Times More than eight million people are in need of emergency assistance. Times, Sunday Times Perks include a wellness programme, dental insurance, an employee assistance programme, discounted services, personal accident insurance, plus a contributory pension. Times, Sunday Times (2009) A planning officer earns on average 28,598, and the benefits package includes dental insurance, personal insurance, an occupational health programme and an employee assistance scheme. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Maternity and paternity leave are both above the statutory rates, and core benefits include childcare vouchers, personal insurance, life assurance and an employee assistance programme. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Gym membership is subsidised and an employee assistance programme can help people through difficult times. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Staff get free childcare vouchers, an employee assistance programme and life assurance. Times, Sunday Times (2009) She decided to formalize her rescue effort so that she could enlist the assistance of others and do more. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Due in part to the spirit of postprocessualism, some archaeologists have begun to actively enlist the assistance of indigenous peoples likely to be descended from those under study. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He enlists the assistance of a friend, who must melt down his silver cricket trophies to make a helmet to protect him. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Such loose patrimonial systems provoked interdynastic rivalry in which challengers often sought external assistance to usurp incumbents. The Times Literary Supplement And we still do not know what degree of external assistance either group had. Times, Sunday Times The cost of external assistance has quadrupled in the past three years, with some consultants being paid up to 4,000 a day. The Sun The influence of external assistance to the rebels during this period was minimal. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The earthquake damage and flooding in the wake of the tsunami hindered external assistance. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Many in the industry believe that the aviation market will require federal assistance in the future. Times, Sunday Times He was also barred from state or federal assistance. Times, Sunday Times Federal assistance was late and inadequate. Times, Sunday Times He offered the community federal assistance, if it's needed. canada.com Scores of elite graduate students, fine artists and amateur musicians are trying to create similar success on much less federal assistance. Globe and Mail More pub landlords are requiring financial assistance to persuade them not to hand back the keys. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Her case is one of the most distressing taken up by campaigners who want the government to provide financial assistance to thalidomide victims. Times, Sunday Times (2009) A video of a talk she made seeking financial assistance from entrepreneurs in London has gone viral on the internet. Times, Sunday Times (2016) By the middle of this year a million people there were already in need of emergency food assistance. Times,Sunday Times As many as 4.6 million people need food assistance annually. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This project makes products at the farmers markets available to members of the food assistance program, offering these people more nutritious food options. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The riots were contained quickly, again with delivery of food assistance to the poorer neighbourhoods. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Despite the development, 28.5% live in poverty and 5.6% live in extreme poverty; 18.1% live in substandard housing and 27.1% need food assistance. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The budget also includes a 7.4 per cent cut to foreign assistance and large cuts in funding for public works projects. Times, Sunday Times It now risks going under without foreign assistance, said the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity. Times, Sunday Times And he has promised to double foreign assistance again by 2015. Times, Sunday Times Nearly everyone lost confidence in the project, many doubted the long-lasting practices of being completely self-reliant without any foreign assistance which dominated the project development. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Yet, the dispatch made no mention of foreign assistance. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Those who make more than £50,000 in profits a year do not qualify for government assistance either. The Sun You could access a different pool of government assistance and might get more money. Times, Sunday Times Retailers called for government assistance yesterday amid warnings that shops across the country were facing their most difficult period for decades. Times, Sunday Times As a last resort, business owners try to get government assistance. ST Don't be too proud to register for government assistance. Christianity Today Once the operation moves from policing the no-fly zone to ensuring delivery of humanitarian assistance, the need for clear command will become acute. Times, Sunday Times It was also 'defined by food security and energy security, humanitarian assistance, the fight against disease and the push for development'. Times, Sunday Times Economic development and the free flow of humanitarian assistance are essential building blocks for peace. Times, Sunday Times Offers of help from the alliance are expected to be restricted to humanitarian assistance. Times, Sunday Times Four million people now rely on food aid and other humanitarian assistance. Times, Sunday Times Speak to a steward - they will be trained to provide immediate assistance and will be able to contact the stadium control room ? Times, Sunday Times One in three respondents said that a clear road map for how and when events could return would be the most useful immediate assistance. Times,Sunday Times It provides immediate assistance and perpetrators can be prosecuted. Times, Sunday Times Between 1992 and 1996 countless missions for immediate assistance were realised. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 If one needs immediate assistance, one must first own a car and then pick up the police officer. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The government declared a state of emergency in the devastated areas and appealed for international assistance. Times, Sunday Times Officials were hopeful that the worst had passed but the government said it would consider seeking international assistance if storms did not abate. Times, Sunday Times For the political forces, it's still not appropriate to rely on international assistance for restoration of democracy, as anything brokered from the outside will not deliver the optimum. Outlook India Since the 1990s, there has been a declining trend of poverty by 1 percent each year, with the help of international assistance. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In 1989, it was destroyed for a second time by a fire and then rebuilt with the help of volunteers and international assistance. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The courthouse will have staff who are familiar with the marriage requirements, and who can provide invaluable assistance. Christianity Today A judge hailed his 'invaluable assistance'. The Sun This gives invaluable assistance to those charged with the responsibility of delivering effective treatments against the disorders. Times, Sunday Times Similarly, he compiled voluminous intelligence information reports and lent invaluable assistance to strategic and tactical planning agencies. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The lodging of such an application was straightforward and did not require legal assistance. Times, Sunday Times (2014) In the meantime you need to get some free legal assistance. The Sun (2015) Its members were all women, who offered legal assistance and family support. The Tribes Triumphant (2006) She also assists mariners in distress, from providing medical assistance for a sick sailor to a merchant vessel under attack from armed men. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Police in Dublin also confirmed she had been given medical assistance. The Sun (2015) In particular, medical assistance almost exclusively relies on getting the right medicine and equipment to the right person. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Increasingly they found themselves engaged in salaried employment, in businesses for the engineers, in medical assistance societies for the doctors. A Social History of Modern Spain (1991) Does a dock leaf provide any actual medical assistance or is it just the placebo effect? Times, Sunday Times (2014) Labour made a disastrous mistake when it abandoned its own tradition of self-help and mutual assistance for a distrustful bureaucratic state. Times, Sunday Times I try to keep the press onside because we can be of mutual assistance to each other. Times, Sunday Times It seeks to encourage ecumenical collaboration and mutual assistance between these different organisations at international, national and individual port levels. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These two sciences, in his opinion, had quite distinct provinces and gave no mutual assistance. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Both signatories agreed to establish lines of mutual assistance and friendship. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Does he need any assistance? The Sun (2009) A call came in over the radio that they needed assistance at the bridge. The Sun (2010) But many people need additional, practical assistance. Christianity Today (2000) Is anyone nearby who could offer assistance? Christianity Today (2000) Staff at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office said that they were offering consular assistance. Times, Sunday Times (2013) I would like to offer any assistance my office can provide. Times, Sunday Times (2013) I see a new generation of leaders emerging, ready to take their countries' destinies into their own hands, no longer dependent on outside assistance. Times, Sunday Times He was helped over the line and disqualified for receiving outside assistance. Times, Sunday Times They can receive outside assistance at official pit zones. The Sun After that, he's on his own: single-handed, non-stop, around the world - with no outside assistance, for some 80 days. Times, Sunday Times We rely on each other, not on any expectation of outside assistance. Times, Sunday Times But many people need additional, practical assistance. Christianity Today (2000) Some of these schemes also offer other practical assistance, such as a legal helpline. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Finally, it remains unclear what practical assistance ministers can give. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Embassy staff are providing assistance. Times, Sunday Times (2011) They watch for trouble spots in the work of their volunteers and provide assistance until the work is done right. Christianity Today (2000) Using company expertise to provide continued assistance to a group could provide much more valuable. Times, Sunday Times (2008) If we do not receive assistance in the next two weeks, it may not. Times,Sunday Times Those who cannot afford to do so will receive assistance. Times, Sunday Times The decision was taken once it became clear that a 'reputational stigma' attached to any bank that was seen to receive assistance. Times, Sunday Times Anyone who comes forward will 'receive assistance and appropriate support'. Times, Sunday Times It should reform its position again and make it easier [for interpreters to receive assistance]. Times, Sunday Times Carnival has refused, citing a maritime tradition holding seafarers to 'render assistance at sea to those in need', while arguing that its boats regularly help others. Times, Sunday Times He saw the police car headed up the hill towards it, he thought to render assistance. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Firefighters were unable to render assistance as the building was completely surrounded by floodwaters. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He accepted him as his beloved son, and asked him to render assistance in battle when required. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Its responsibilities are to avert danger, to maintain the public security, to render assistance, and the provision of information. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They should have requested assistance. Between Worlds: A Reader, Rhetoric and Handbook (1995) He was requesting urgent assistance for himself and his companions. The Sun (2014) The crew requested police assistance ahead of departure after a number of passengers became disruptive. The Sun (2016) The victim, a man, did not require medical assistance. Times, Sunday Times (2014) They might also take a long time to sip a drink, requiring assistance and patience from staff. Times, Sunday Times (2015) There is priority boarding for children and passengers requiring assistance. Times, Sunday Times (2008) This includes 24- hour roadside assistance, with no call-out charge and up to an hour's free roadside labour. Times, Sunday Times (2009) The offer provides three years' inflation-proof insurance, three years' road fund licence, three years' roadside assistance and a three-year warranty. The Sun (2011) The roadside assistance company's flotation remains the biggest in terms of money raised by a British business this year. Times, Sunday Times (2014) The benefits package also includes (of course) free roadside assistance. Times, Sunday Times (2012) I did this but phoned my roadside assistance who towed me to a garage. The Sun (2008) Users seek assistance with everyday tasks such as reading street signs, checking cooking instructions on food packaging and choosing nonclashing clothes. Times, Sunday Times Mortgage companies may say that they will help if homeowners seek assistance as soon as they know they will be unable to make ends meet. Times, Sunday Times It can also seek assistance from the petitioners' employers and friends to bring them back together. Times, Sunday Times He initially refused to let her go, but relented after realising he was incapable of looking after them and there was no other way to seek assistance. Times, Sunday Times Members who seek assistance, admit shortcomings, or concede their position are viewed as incompetent or weak. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The main demand in the initial period has been for technical assistance in areas such as construction and agriculture. Basic Marketing. Principles and Practice (1986) The outside world can certainly help by providing technical assistance as well as political support. Times, Sunday Times (2015) For this to be feasible at all, most agencies will need technical assistance from a central staff with expertise in productivity measurement. Human Resource Management in Government (1995) I need urgent assistance. The Sun (2010) First, we need urgent humanitarian assistance. The Sun (2014) He was requesting urgent assistance for himself and his companions. The Sun (2014) Translations: Chinese: 协助 Japanese: 援助 |
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