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“帮别人的忙”，英语还能怎么说？

1. do somebody a favour : to do something to help someone, especially a friend or someone you know well

备注： ''do somebody a favour'' 是英式英语的用法，美式英语中常作 ''do somebody a favor'' 。

例：

Could you do me a favor and mail these letters for me? （帮我把这些信寄了好吗？）

She's always doing favors for us. （她经常帮我们的忙。）

do somebody a big favor (=help someone a lot)

They did us a big favor by letting us stay there, you know. （你知道，他们让我们住在他们家，真是帮了我们大忙了。）

2. help out : to help someone do something, especially because there are not enough people to do all the work

例：

The least we can do is to help her out now. （现在，我们至少该给她帮帮手。）

Their son used to help out in the shop when it was busy. （以前，店里忙不过来的时候，他们的儿子会来帮忙。）

Organizing the school trip will be a lot of work, so I need some volunteers to help out. （组织学生集体旅行要费很大的劲儿，所以我需要几个志愿者来帮忙。）

help out with

The kids are always good about helping out with the chores. （孩子们是帮忙做家务的好手。）

help somebody out

While I'm gone, try to help your Mom out, OK? （我不在的时候，你要多帮妈妈干活，知道了吗？）

help out somebody

No need to thank me—I was just glad to help out a friend. （不用谢，能帮上朋友的忙，我很开心。）

3. do somebody a good turn : to help someone by doing something for them that they have not asked you to do, because you think they need your help and you want to help them

例：

She's always happy to do a stranger a good turn. （她总是乐于帮助陌生人。）

He did me a good turn when he advised me not to sell my house—it's worth twice as much now. （那会儿，他建议我别卖房子，真是太有见地了——现在房子市值翻了一番。）

4. do your bit : to do what you can to help in a bad or difficult situation, especially because you think you are expected to do it or that it is your duty

备注： ''do your bit'' 常用于英式英语中，美式英语中常作 ''do your part'' 。

例：

I've done my bit—now it's up to you. （我已经尽力帮你了，接下来靠你自己了。）

do your bit for

Brown feels that she's done her part for the Democratic Party. （布朗觉得对于民主党她已经算仁至义尽了。）

5. come to somebody's aid/assistance : to offer to help someone who is in difficulty and who will not be able to continue without your help

备注： ''come to somebody's aid/assistance'' 是正式的用法。

例：

It took an ambulance 27 minutes to come to the aid of the accident victims. （救护车花了 27 分钟赶到车祸现场。）

Many expect the central government to come to the assistance of the ailing car industry. （大家希望中央政府帮助重振颓废的汽车工业。）

6. give help/assistance/support : to help a person or group

例：

give help/assistance/support to

The program gives assistance to unemployed mothers and their children. （这个计划帮助了没有收入的妇女和她们的孩子。）

give somebody help/assistance/support

My family gave me very little support when I decided to go back to college. （我决定重新上大学时，家里人基本没有帮什么忙。）

Any kind of help you can give would be greatly appreciated. （只要你能帮忙，我们就非常感激。）