availed

英 [əˈveɪld]

美 [əˈveɪld]

v.  有帮助; 有益; 有用
avail的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• PHRASE 毫无用处;没效果
  If you do somethingto no availorto little avail, what you do fails to achieve what you want.
  1. His efforts were to no avail...
     他徒劳无功。
  2. I apologized repeatedly, but to little avail.
     我一再道歉，但丝毫没有奏效。
• VERB 接受（提议）；利用（机会）
  If youavail yourself ofan offer or an opportunity, you accept the offer or make use of the opportunity.
  1. Guests should feel at liberty to avail themselves of your facilities.
     宾客们应该可以随意使用你们的各种设施。

双语例句

• The means of which he availed himself to achieve his ends were not beyond criticism.
  他为达到目的所采取的手段并不是无可指责的。
• It was as much as I could do to get here myself. A little wit, a little nimbleness, a little luck-time and opportunity-these sometimes availed.
  一些机智，一些儿伶俐，一些儿运气时间和机会这些东西有时候会奏效的。
• In the sixth year his turn to escape occurred again, he availed himself of it, but could not accomplish his flight fully.
  到第六年他又有了越狱的机会，他要利用那机会，但是他没能逃脱。
• I availed myself of his services.
  我利用了他的服务。
• When I was at school and at university there was a lot of opportunity for screwing up, and most of us availed ourselves of it at one point or another.
  在我上中学和大学时，有的是把我一生搞砸的机会，而我们大多数人也或早或晚地利用了这种机会。
• An overhanging rock offered him a temporary shelter, and scarcely had he availed himself of it when the tempest burst forth in all its fury.
  一块悬空的岩石成了他暂时栖身之处，他刚躲到它的黑面，大风暴就又以排山倒海之势扑来。
• But what availed his expressions or his air?
  但是神态和表情有什么用呢？
• Nevertheless, his rousing availed him nothing.
  然而站起来也于事无补。
• Nothing availed against the flood.
  什么都无助于防治这次洪水。
• Powerguda has also availed of self-help groups and bank loans.
  普尔古达村也从自助小组和银行贷款模式中受益。