Avail
[ ə'veil ]
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n. 效用，利益;
vt.& vi. 有益于，有益于;使对某人有利;
📝 例句
I will avail myself of your kind invitation and come this evening.
承你好意相约,今晚定往奉陪。
Your greatest efforts will not avail you now.
现在你竭尽全力对你也没用处。
🌱 联想助记
【串】未婚女戴veil(面纱),虽然毫无avail(效用),风俗依然prevail(流行)
【记】※ a-一,vail-小费:一点小费有利于服务
※ hail-欢呼,avail-有用、有利:天天欢呼有利于健康
✅ 同义词
🔤 词根
-vail-表示“强壮”
📖 牛津释义
avail
v
1 [Tn.pr] ~ oneself of sth (fml 文) make use of sth; take advantage of sth 使用某事物; 利用某事物
You must avail yourself of every opportunity to speak English. 你要利用一切机会说英语.
2 [I, Ipr] (dated 旧) be of value or help 有价值; 有帮助; 有用
What can avail against the storm? 用什么来抵挡风暴?
3 (idm 习语) a,vail sb `nothing (dated 旧) be of no use to sb 对某人无用. avail, n (idm 习语) of little/no a`vail not very/not at all helpful or effective 没有多大[一点儿]帮助, 用处或效果
The advice we got was of no avail. 我们得到的建议完全没用. to little/no a`vail; without a`vail with little/no success 没有什么成果[没有成果]
The doctors tried everything to keep him alive but to no avail. 医生们曾竭尽全力抢救他的生命, 但却徒劳无功.
🎯 考研助记
a(to)+vail(=val=worth价值)→值得去做→ 有益于
🔁 扩展释义
*[ә'veil]vi. 有用, 有利vt. 有利于n. 效用, 利益【经】 有利, 利益, 净得相关词组: to avail of... to avail sb of sth to little avail to no avail without avail
🌿 同词根单词
📖 同为「博士」词汇
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That's nice. I'll be waiting for her call. Thank you.
太好了，那我就等她的电话。谢谢。
Liberty is not licence.
自由不是放纵。
While she always criticized the fickleness of human nature, she carried on an unrelenting search for the ideal servant to the end of her days,
她一方面总是批评人的本性朝三暮四，另一方面她又持之以恒地寻找一个理想的佣人。