English Dictionary

avail

/əˈveɪl/

verb

(transitive, often reflexive) To turn to the advantage of. / (transitive) To be of service to. / (transitive) To promote; to assist.

I will avail myself of the opportunity to learn new skills.

意味（1）

(transitive, often reflexive) To turn to the advantage of.

I availed myself of the opportunity.

意味（2）

(transitive) To be of service to.

Artifices will not avail the sinner in the day of judgment.

意味（3）

(transitive) To promote; to assist.

All of this avail’d not, for whoe’er he be

All of this avail’d not, for whoe’er he be That tells my faults, I hate him mortally;

意味（4）

(intransitive) To be of use or advantage; to answer or serve the purpose; to have strength, force, or efficacy sufficient to accomplish the object.

The plea in court must avail.

意味（5）

(India, Africa, elsewhere proscribed) To provide; to make available; to use or take advantage of (an opportunity or available resource).

You can avail discounts on food.