aid

Hilfe, Beistand

Unterstützung für jemanden, der Hilfe braucht oder in Schwierigkeiten ist.

In einfachem Englisch: Help given to someone who needs support or is in difficulty.

• She called for aid.
• We finished the job with his aid.
• Who came to your aid when you fell?

So benutzt man es: come to someone’s aid (A stranger came to our aid.)

Synonyme: help, assistance

Häufige Wendungen: come to someone’s aid, with someone’s aid, first aid

Hilfe, Unterstützung

Geld, Lebensmittel oder Medikamente für Bedürftige, oft von Regierungen oder Organisationen bereitgestellt.

In einfachem Englisch: Help such as money, food, or medicine given to people who need it, often by governments or organizations.

• The country needs food aid.
• Several governments sent aid after the storm.
• Medical aid has reached the villages.

Synonyme: assistance, relief

Häufige Wendungen: foreign aid, humanitarian aid, send aid

Hilfsmittel, Helfer

Person oder Gegenstand, die dabei helfen, etwas zu tun.

In einfachem Englisch: A person or thing that helps you do something.

• This chart is a useful aid.
• He uses a hearing aid.
• The exercises work as memory aids.

So benutzt man es: aid to something (Pictures are a useful aid to learning.)

Synonyme: helper, tool

Häufige Wendungen: hearing aid, learning aid, aid to something, walking aid

helfen, unterstützen

Jemanden unterstützen oder etwas leichter machen.

In einfachem Englisch: To help someone or make something easier to do.

• Exercise can aid recovery.
• Local people aided the rescue team.
• The extra money has aided our research.

So benutzt man es: aid someone in doing something (The guide aided us in finding the route.); aid in something (The new equipment aids in diagnosis.)

Synonyme: help, assist

Gegenteile: hinder

Häufige Wendungen: aid someone, aid recovery, aid in something