aide
- n. 助手, 副官
- Definition
- n. a person who helps someone in an important position, such as a military officer
- Example
- The nurse's aide helped patients walk around the hospital hallway.
- 护理助理帮助病人在医院走廊里走动。
Synonyms & Differences 近义词辨析
Compared meaning: a person who helps someone with their work (noun).
比较义项：助手（名词）。
- aide 本词
Aide names one specific person who personally assists someone in an important role, often as a long-term or official personal assistant.
aide 指专门协助某位重要人物的具体某个人，通常是长期或正式的私人助理。
The senator's aide answered phone calls and scheduled every meeting for her.
这位参议员的助手负责接听电话，并为她安排所有的会议。
- auxiliary
Auxiliary usually refers to extra support staff brought in temporarily, often used collectively with words like staff or nurse rather than for one named person.
auxiliary 通常指临时增派的辅助人员，多与 staff、nurse 等词搭配集体使用，而不是特指某一个人。
The hospital brought in auxiliary staff during the busy flu season.
在流感高峰季节，医院增派了辅助人员。
Aide and auxiliary both mean a helper, but differently. Aide names one specific person who helps someone important, often as a long-term assistant. Auxiliary usually means extra support staff brought in temporarily, not one named person. Not compared: auxiliary meaning helping or extra.
这两个词在“助手”这一义项上都指协助他人工作的人，但用法有别：aide 通常指专门协助某位重要人物的具体某个人，多为长期或正式的私人助理；auxiliary 则多指临时增派的辅助人员，常以集体或搭配形式出现（如 auxiliary staff）。这里不比较 auxiliary 作形容词表示“辅助的”的用法（如 auxiliary verb）。