aid

助け、援助

支えが必要な人や困っている人への助け。

やさしい英語で： 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?

使い方： come to someone’s aid (A stranger came to our aid.)

類義語： help, assistance

よく使う表現： come to someone’s aid, with someone’s aid, first aid

援助、支援

政府や団体などが、困っている人に与えるお金、食料、薬など。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： assistance, relief

よく使う表現： foreign aid, humanitarian aid, send aid

補助具、助け

何かをする際に役立つ人や物。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： aid to something (Pictures are a useful aid to learning.)

類義語： helper, tool

よく使う表現： hearing aid, learning aid, aid to something, walking aid

助ける、支援する

人を支えたり、何かをしやすくしたりすること。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： aid someone in doing something (The guide aided us in finding the route.); aid in something (The new equipment aids in diagnosis.)

類義語： help, assist

反対語： hinder

よく使う表現： aid someone, aid recovery, aid in something