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helpmate

/help-meyt/US // ˈhɛlpˌmeɪt //UK // (ˈhɛlpˌmeɪt) //

帮助伙伴,帮助朋友,帮助同伴,帮助者

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a companion and helper.
    • : a spouse.
    • : anything that aids or assists, especially regularly: This calculator is my constant helpmate.

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Examples

  • In the enigmatic role of first lady, she struggled with the symbolism—part beauty queen, part saint, part helpmate.

  • I have promised on your behalf that you will be a good and faithful helpmate to him before God and man.

  • She is not strong, and not good-looking, and not young; but what a splendid helpmate she would be for a sensible, cultivated man!

  • But her life was busy and earnest: she was helpmate, not in name only, to an ever-busy man.

  • Abby'll make a man a good, vigorous helpmate, and she'll bring him money in time.

  • Compare a bachelor's house with the same house after its master has taken to himself a helpmate.