• n. 帮助；助攻
• vi. 参加；出席
• vt. 帮助；促进

前缀as- 同ad-. 词根sist, 站，词根st的反复形式。

assizes 巡回法庭

来自古法语assise。前缀as- 同ad-. 词根sid, 坐，同sit, session. 借指开庭。单词size为该词缩写。因旧时法庭不仅有审判断案职能，同时兼管规范经济生活中尺寸，重量，款罚，税收标准等职能，因而衍生此义。比较中国古代县官的职责。

assist

assist: [15] Etymologically, assist means ‘stand by’. It comes, via French assister, from Latin assistere, a compound verb formed from the prefix ad- ‘near’ and sistere ‘stand’ (related to Latin stāre ‘stand’, from which English gets state, station, status, statue, etc). A remnant of this original meaning survives in the sense ‘be present without actually participating’, but the main use of the word in English has always been that which came from the metaphorical sense of the Latin verb – ‘help’.
=> state, station, statue, status

assist (v.)

early 15c., from Middle French assister "to stand by, help, put, place, assist" (14c.), from Latin assistere "stand by, take a stand near, attend," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + sistere "stand still, take a stand; to set, place, cause to stand," from PIE *si-st-, reduplicated form of root *sta- "to stand" (see stet). Related: Assisted; assisting. Medical assisted suicide attested from 1884.

assist (n.)

1570s, "an act of assistance," from assist (v.). In the sporting sense attested 1877 in baseball, 1925 in ice hockey.

1. We are here to protect and assist the weak and infirm.

我们来这里保护、帮助年迈体弱者。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The public is urgently requested to assist police in tracing this man.

紧急要求公众帮助警方追踪此人。

来自柯林斯例句

3. The Authority will provide a welfare worker to assist you.

当局会派一名义工来帮助你。

来自柯林斯例句

4. his ham-fisted efforts to assist her

他为了帮她而做出的笨手笨脚的努力

来自《权威词典》

5. The plan provided for the rich to assist the poor.

那项计划要求富人向穷人提供帮助.

来自《简明英汉词典》