885-A-23 help 用法

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23.   Ideally, the professional career diplomat should help in the ongoing maintenance of an effective American foreign policy despite changes in administration.

(A) in the ongoing maintenance of

(B) in the maintaining of

(C) maintain

(D) to maintain and continue（C）

(E) the maintenance of

是TO 省略了吗？其他HELP 的用法请指教！

谢谢！

james0831

对了 这里是省略了TO

另外  help的用法是help sb do sth
help sb to do sth永远错

cicilla

补充：be helpful in doing sth

wwwhahchn

以下是引用james0831在2005-2-1 15:17:00的发言：

对了 这里是省略了TO

另外  help的用法是help sb do sth
help sb to do sth永远错

牛津高阶英汉双解词典：

I helped (him) (to) find his things.

help me to carry it up/down

Would it help you to know that ... ?

This charity aims to help people to help themselves.

以上几个例句中都出现了help sb. to do sth.，为什么你说“help sb to do sth永远错”呢？是不是再GMAT中必须省略to？？

wwwhahchn

help (sb.) (with sth.)

help oneself/sb. (to sth.)

help oneself to sth.

太阳狮子

这题自己开始弄不明白,查了词典,这里贴出来

help sb (to) do sth
　I helped her to carry her cases up the
stairs.
　She helped him choose some new
clothes.
　herbal products that help you to relax and
sleep
help (to) do sth
　She was coming to help clean the
machines.
help sb with sth
　Can I help you with the washing
up?
　My father said he's going to help me with the
fees.
help sb on/off with sth
(=help someone put on or
take off a piece of clothing)
　Here, let me help you on with your
coat.
help sb somewhere
(=help someone get to a
particular place, especially because they are old, ill, or hurt)
　She helped the old man across the
road.
[I and T]
        
to make a situation better,
easier, or less painful
　Crying won't help.
　If you get rid of your car you could be helping
the environment.
　
                It helps my concentration if I
listen to music while I'm working.
　
                It helped a lot to know that someone
understood how I felt.
　Eight hours of deep sleep helped
enormously .

        help yourself (to sth)
a) to take some of what you
want, without asking permission - used especially when offering food to
someone
　Please help yourself to some
cake.
b)
        informal to steal something
　Obviously he had been helping himself to the
money.

        Help!
spoken used to call people and ask them to help
you when you are in danger

        sb can't help (doing) sth
        also
        sb can't help but do
sth
        
used to say that someone is unable to change their behaviour or
feelings, or to prevent themselves from doing something
　She couldn't help it if she was being
irrational.
　'Stop biting your nails.' 'I can't help
it .'
　I can't help the way I feel about
you.
　Lee could not help but agree with
her.
sb can't help feeling/thinking/wondering etc
sth
　I can't help feeling that there has been a
mistake.
　I couldn't help thinking about the
past.

        I couldn't help myself/she couldn't help herself etc
to be
unable to stop yourself from doing something you should not do
　She knew she sounded just like her mother but
she couldn't help herself.

        it can't be helped
spoken used to say that there is
nothing you can do to change a bad situation
　She said she had to leave him for a while; it
couldn't be helped.

        sb is helping the police with their enquiries
BrE the
police are interviewing someone about a crime, especially because they believe
that this person may have committed the crime

        a helping hand
help and support
give/lend/offer etc sb
a helping hand
　She's been giving me a helping hand with the
children.

        not if I can help it
spoken used to say that you are
not going to do something
　'Are you going to watch the school play?' 'Not
if I can help it.'

        God help him/them etc
spoken used to say that
something bad may happen to someone
　'Good luck.' 'God help me. I think I'm going to
need it.'

        so help me (God)
used when making a serious promise,
especially in a court of law
help along [help sth⇔along] phr v
to make a process or activity happen more
quickly or easily
　She asked a few questions to help the
conversation along.
help out
        phr
v
to help someone because they are busy or have problems
　Do you need anyone to help out in the
shop?
help sb⇔out (with sth)
　I helped her out when Stella became
ill.
　She was helping him out with his mortgage
repayments