avail

[ə'veil]

v.有利, 有助于
n.益处

vi.

有用; 有益, 有帮助[(+against)]

The medicine did not avail against the disease.

该药对此病无效。

vt.

有用于; 有益于; 有助于

He availed himself of the opportunity to speak to her.

他利用这机会和她说话。

n.

1. 效用; 利益; 帮助[U]

Speeches and protests were of no avail.

演讲和抗议全都徒劳。

2. 【古】利润; (尤指卖掉财产后的)所得[P]

词形变化

副词: availingly | 动词过去式: availed | 动词过去分词: availed | 动词现在分词: availing | 动词第三人称单数: avails |

词义辨析

同义:

n.效用; 利益; 帮助

profit  help  benefit  gain  advantage  value  worth  use  service  

同义参见:

utilize  sake  befriend  utility  convenience  assistance  

英英释义

名词 avail:

a means of serving

同义词：help, service

动词 avail:

use to one's advantage

be of use to, be useful to

take or use

同义词：help

短语词组

avail oneself of

1. 利用

I availed myself of this opportunity.

我利用了这一机会。

to no avail

1. 完全无用

They protested but to no avail.

他们提了抗议, 但毫无效果。

without avail

1. 徒劳地

We tried to revive him but without avail.

我们试图使他苏醒, 但没有成功。

补充

availavail英:[əˈveil] 美:[əˈvel]n.1.效用, 利益We tried to keep him alive but to no avail.我们全力抢救他, 但却徒劳无功。vt. & vi.1.有用于, 有益于, 有助于All his efforts did not avail.他做的所有的这些努力都是没有用的。

例句

1. Guests may avail themselves of our excellent facilities.宾客们可以使用我们出色的设施。 2. Our discreet enquiries availed us nothing.我们小心谨慎地打听, 但没有结果。 3. Might that have availed to change your mind?那会不会让你改变主意？ 4. His efforts were to no avail.他的功夫白费了。 5. I apologized repeatedly, but to little avail.我一再道歉, 但不怎么奏效。 6. All our efforts availed us little in trying to effect a change.在企图实现一个变革中我们徒劳无功。 7. His strength did not avail against the hostile onslaught.他的力量阻挡不住敌方的冲击。 8. Nothing could avail against the enemy attack.没有什么可以挡得住敌人的进攻。 9. my daughter did not avail herself of my advice.我女儿没有听从我的建议。 10. [with obj.]no amount of struggle availed Charles.任何努力都无助于查尔斯。 11. [no obj., with infinitive]the dark and narrow hiding place did not avail to save the fugitives.黑暗狭窄的藏身地并未能挽救那些逃亡者。 12. he tried to get his work recognized, but to little avail.他试图使自己的工作得到认可，但却几乎毫无作用。 13. They searched everywhere, but to no avail.他们到处找，但是找不到。 14. Our best efforts availed [=gained] us nothing.我们尽了最大努力，但一无所获。 15. This knowledge availed her little. [=it was not very helpful or useful to her]这种知识对她没什么用。 16. Our best efforts did not avail.我们尽了最大努力，但一无所获。 17. They availed themselves of his services. [=they used his services]他们使用了他的服务。 18. What I learned then is of little avail to me now. [=is not very helpful to me now]我那时的所学对我现在没什么帮助。 19. Our best efforts were of no avail. [=were not helpful]我们尽了最大努力但都白费了。 20. "They tried to discuss the issue calmly, but to no avail. [=they were unable to discuss the issue calmly]"他们试图冷静地讨论这个问题，但做不到。