avail
英 [?'ve?l]
美[?'vel]
- n. 效用，利益
- vt. 有益于，有益于；使對(duì)某人有利。
- vi. 有益于，有益于；使對(duì)某人有利。
TEM8CET6IELTS考研低頻詞常用詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?avails;過去式:?availed;過去分詞:?availed;現(xiàn)在分詞:?availing;
助記提示
1、a- "to" (see ad-) + -vail- "be worth".
中文詞源
avail 有益，有用
前綴a-同ad-, 去，往. 詞根val, 力量，詞源同value, valiant. 指有益的，有力量的。
英文詞源
- avail
- avail: see value
- avail (v.)
- c. 1300, availen, apparently a French compound formed in English from Old French a- "to" (see ad-) + vailen "to avail," from vaill-, present stem of valoir "be worth," from Latin valere (see valiant). Related: Availed; availing. As a noun, from c. 1400.
雙語例句
- 1. His efforts were to no avail.
- 他徒勞無功。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. I apologized repeatedly, but to little avail.
- 我一再道歉，但絲毫沒有奏效。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. We tried to keep him alive but to no avail.
- 我們?nèi)尵人?但卻徒勞無功.
來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 4. They tried artificial respiration but it was of no avail.
- 他們?cè)囎鋈斯ず粑?可是無效.
來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 5. They entreated and threatened, but all this seemed of no avail.
- 他們時(shí)而懇求,時(shí)而威脅, 但這一切看來都沒有用.
來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
