助zo6長zoeng2

English

1. to encourage
2. to foster something bad
3. to foster
4. to foment

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 幫助唔好嘅嘢發展、成長

Examples

• 助長歪風

  to contribute to the unhealthy trend

• 切勿助長行乞。

  Please do not encourage street begging.

• 喺我哋作為一個國家應該向前行，幫助長期失業者搵到新工作嘅時候，我哋永遠都唔應該突然間斷佢哋嘅失業保險而後退一步。

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• 暴力電影和電腦遊戲助長了年輕人的殘暴行為。

  Cruelty in young people is fostered by violent movies and PC games.

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