Avail

[ə'veɪl] or [ə'vel]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a means of serving; 'of no avail'; 'there's no help for it'.

(verb.) use to one's advantage; 'He availed himself of the available resources'.

(verb.) take or use; 'She helped herself to some of the office supplies'.

(verb.) be of use to, be useful to; 'It will avail them to dispose of their booty'.

贝妮塔整理--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) To turn to the advantage of; to be of service to; to profit; to benefit; to help; as, artifices will not avail the sinner in the day of judgment.

(v. t.) To promote; to assist.

(v. i.) To be of use or advantage; to answer the purpose; to have strength, force, or efficacy sufficient to accomplish the object; as, the plea in bar must avail, that is, be sufficient to defeat the suit; this scheme will not avail; medicines will not avail to check the disease.

(n.) Profit; advantage toward success; benefit; value; as, labor, without economy, is of little avail.

(n.) Proceeds; as, the avails of a sale by auction.

(v. t. & i.) See Avale, v.

珍手打

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. Benefit, profit, be of advantage to.

v. n. Be of advantage, do good, be of use, answer the purpose.

n. Profit, advantage, benefit, use, utility, service.

詹尼弗編輯

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Profit, help, benefit, advantage, use, utility, service

ANT:Disadvantage, hindrance, helplessness

SYN:Suffice, hold, stand, endure, answer, tell, profit, help, benefit, advantage,service, use, utility

ANT:Fail, fall, disappoint, betray

格雷格整理

解釋/意思:

v.t. to be of value or service to: to benefit: to take the benefit of (used reflexively with of).—v.i. to be of use: to answer the purpose: (obs.) to take or draw advantage: (Amer.) to inform assure of.—n. benefit: profit: service.—adj. Avail′able that one may avail one's self of utilise: profitable: suitable obtainable: accessible.—ns. Avail′ableness Availabil′ity quality of being available: power in promoting an end in view: validity.—advs. Avail′ably; Avail′ingly in an availing manner.

Same asAvale.

汉丽埃塔整理