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succor

英 ['sʌkə] 美['sʌkɚ]

英英释义实用场景例句

GRE

复数: succors;第三人称单数: succors;过去式: succored;过去分词: succored;现在分词: succoring;

1. succour => succor.

succor 救助，救援，帮助

suc-,在下，向上，-cor,跑，词源同 current,course.即跑过来，引申词义帮助，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.: 在短短的两小时内,韦布将军的救兵就可望到达.

2. He was so much in need of succor, so totally alone.: 他当时孑然一身,形影相吊, 特别需要援助.

3. A president needs substantive advice, but he also requires emotional succor.: 一个总统需要实质性的建议, 但也需要感情上的支持.