succor

英 ['s?k?] 美['s?k?]

GRE

復(fù)數(shù):?succors;第三人稱單數(shù):?succors;過去式:?succored;過去分詞:?succored;現(xiàn)在分詞:?succoring;

1. succour => succor.

succor 救助，救援，幫助

suc-,在下，向上，-cor,跑，詞源同 current,course.即跑過來，引申詞義幫助，救助，救援等。

succor (n.): c. 1200, socour, earlier socours "aid, help," from Anglo-French succors "help, aid," Old French socors, sucurres "aid, help, assistance" (Modern French secours), from Medieval Latin succursus "help, assistance," from past participle of Latin succurrere "run to help, hasten to the aid of," from assimilated form of sub "up to" (see sub-) + currere "to run" (see current (adj.)). Final -s mistaken in English as a plural inflection and dropped late 13c. Meaning "one who aids or helps" is from c. 1300.
succor (v.): late 13c., "help or relieve when in difficulty," from Old French succurre "to help, assist" (Modern French secourir), from Latin succerrere "to help, assist" (see succor (n.)). Related: Succored; succoring.

1. In two short hours we may look for succor from Webb.: 在短短的兩小時(shí)內(nèi),韋布將軍的救兵就可望到達(dá).

2. He was so much in need of succor, so totally alone.: 他當(dāng)時(shí)孑然一身,形影相吊, 特別需要援助.

3. A president needs substantive advice, but he also requires emotional succor.: 一個(gè)總統(tǒng)需要實(shí)質(zhì)性的建議, 但也需要感情上的支持.