assistantKK [əˋsɪstənt] /əˈsɪstənt/發音as- 朝向+sist 站立+-ant …的人→站到旁邊的人展開收合as-字首朝向sist字根站立-ant字尾…的人字面：站到旁邊的人站在旁邊隨時幫忙的人，即助手。名詞1助理、助手She hired an assistant to handle her schedule and emails.她僱了一位助理來處理她的行程和電子郵件。2店員英式The assistant at the counter helped me find my size.櫃檯的店員幫我找到我的尺寸。3助教A graduate assistant grades the papers for this course.這門課的報告由一位研究生助教批改。4語音助理、助理程式電腦I asked the virtual assistant to set an alarm for six.我叫語音助理設一個六點的鬧鐘。形容詞1助理的、副的He was promoted to assistant manager after only two years.他才做了兩年就升上副經理。