aid

1.[u]援助；救援物资；援助款项money, food, etc. that is sent to help countries in difficult situations

2.[u]（完成某工作所需的）帮助，助手，辅助物help that you need to perform a particular task

3.[u]帮助；援助help that is given to a person

4.[c]辅助设备an object, a machine, etc. that you use to help you do sth

in aid of sth/sb

为了帮助某人╱某事物in order to help sb/sth

whats… in aid of?

…究竟是为什么（发生）；…是做什么用的used to ask why sth is happening

1.[i][t]帮助；援助to help sb/sth to do sth, especially by making it easier

aid and abet

帮助和教唆to help sb to do sth illegal or wrong

1.帮助,援助

2.帮助者,助手

3.【航海】航标

4.〔美国〕副官

5.【英史】(国会允许的)国王特享税

6.手段;工具,辅助工具

1.帮助,援助;协助;接济;借助于

2.怂恿;促成,对...起促进作用

3.支持

1.Agency for International Development 〔美国〕国际开发署

1.financial or material assistance, e.g. that provided by a government or international organization, especially in times of crisis

2.anything done or provided that assists somebody or something

3.a person, device, resource, or material that helps or assists with something

4.an assistant or aide

5.formerly, a monetary payment by a vassal to an English feudal lord

6.a special subsidy formerly granted to the English king by parliament.

7.any device that is used to help a climber ascend a cliff or mountain face

8.money, food, or other help that an organization or government gives to a country or area where people need it, for example because of a war or flood

9.help with doing something

10.something that makes it easier to do something

1.to provide somebody or something with help or with what is needed to achieve something

2.to make it easier for someone to do something

3.to help something to happen more easily or with fewer problems

4.to give money, food, or other help to a country or organization that needs it

5.help;give support to;further

1.acute infectious disease

2.artificial insemination by donor