v.有利;有助于
n.益处
It will avail them to dispose of their booty. 转让赃物对他们来说是有利的。
His subtlety could not avail him here. 他精明机智在这里无济于事了。
I'm afraid my help didn't avail you much. 恐怕我的帮助对你用处不大。
His eloquence did not avail against the facts. 他的雄辩在事实面前不起什么作用。
用作名词 (n.)He tried and tried but all his efforts were of no avail. 他试了又试,但一切努力都不起作用。
avail用作动词的基本意思是“有用,起作用”; 多用于书面语或正式场合。一般用于疑问句或否定句中。
avail与反身代词连用,后接介词of,可表示“利用某事物,使用某事物”,不用于被动结构。
n.(名词)avail通常用于否定式或疑问式。