He tries to help people with problems, but firmly believes they should do more to help themselves.是什么意思？

He tries to help people with problems, but firmly believes they should do more to help themselves.

他盡力幫助有困難的人，但仍堅信他們應該更加努力自救。

he

pron. 他，它，一個人；n. 雄性動物；

例句
Logic had prevailed and he had abandoned the idea.
最終理智占了上風，他打消了那個念頭。

tries

v. 試圖，努力（ try的第三人稱單數），考驗，磨煉，審訊；

例句
...a comedy about a man who tries to civilise a woman—but she ends up civilising him...
一出有關一個男人試圖教化一個女人，結果反而被那個女人教化的喜劇

to

prep. 向，朝著，到，關于，屬于；adv. 朝一個方向的，到某種狀態，關閉；

例句
I suggest you leave it to an expert...
我建議你把它留給專家來解決。

help

vt.& vi. 幫助，有助于，有利于；vt. 治療，避免，招待（客人），給…盛（飯、菜）；n. 幫助，助手，補救辦法，有用；vi. （在餐桌旁）招待，侍應，作仆人（或店員、服務員等）；int. [呼救語]救命！；

例句
It might help if campaigning didn't absorb so much time and money.
如果競選活動沒耗費這么多的時間和金錢，情況或許還不會這么糟。

people

n. 人，人類，居民，人民，種族；vt. 居住于，布滿，使住滿人，在…殖民，把動物放養在；

例句
Most people have very little difficulty in seeing why a Van Gogh is a work of genius.
多數人不難理解為什么凡·高的作品是天才之作。

with

prep. 和，跟，隨著，關于，和…一致；

例句
A waiter entered with a tray...
侍者端著托盤進來了。

problems

n. 問題( problem的名詞復數 )，疑難問題，習題，思考題；

例句
There are two main problems which afflict people with hearing impairments...
聽力有障礙的人們主要受到兩大問題的困擾。

but

conj. 但是，而是，除了，只因為；prep. 除…以外；adv. 只，不過，只是，另一方面；n. 借口，推辭，但是，反對；pron. [關系代詞，意義相當于 who…not, which…not]；vt. 對…說“但是”；

例句
English food can be wonderful but the normal English diet is abominable.
英國也有美食，只是一般的日常飲食太過糟糕。

firmly

adv. 堅固地，穩固地，堅定地，堅決地；

例句
A united Germany must be firmly anchored in NATO if Europe is to remain stable...
歐洲要保持穩定，德國必須統一并固守北約。

believes

v. 相信（ believe的第三人稱單數），認為，以為，對…信以為真；

例句
He believes prices will not rise by more than another 4 per cent.
他認為物價漲幅不會再超過4個百分點。

they

pron. 他/她/它們，人們，大家，政府，當局，她們；

例句
The storms had abated by the time they rounded Cape Horn.
他們繞過合恩角時，暴風雨已經減弱。

should

應該，將會，可能，本應；

例句
The older child should be able to prepare a simple meal...
那個年紀稍大的孩子應當會做一頓簡單的飯菜。

do

aux. 構成疑問句和否定句，代替動詞，用于加強語氣；vt. 做，干，進行，從事；vi. 表現，進展，引起，行過；n. 社交聚會，社交活動，宴會；

例句
Rachel was going to do something about Jacob...
蕾切爾將對雅各布有所行動。

adv. 更，更多，達到或處于更大的范圍或程度，此外，更加；adj. 更多的，（many）的比較級，附加的，額外的；pron. 更多的或附加的人或事物；n. 更多，附加，添加；

例句
It was a Christmas when shoppers passed by expensive silks in favor of more practical gifts.
這是一個購物者不理會昂貴的絲綢衣服而熱衷于更實用禮物的圣誕節。

themselves

pron. 他[她，它]們自己，他們親自，“himself”的復數，“herself”的復數；

例句
Most officers and men acquitted themselves well throughout the action.
大多數軍官及士兵在整個戰斗中表現出色。

...the spiralling vortex airflow that slows the plane.
使飛機減速的螺旋形氣流渦旋

You just go on ahead. I'll come by later...
你只管先往前走。我隨后就來。

He who spares his rod hates his son, But he who loves him chastens him early.
24不忍用杖打兒子的,是恨惡他;疼愛兒子的, 趁早管教.

For further information, please contact 414 3925, extension 2253.
詳情請致電414 3925,轉分機2253。

He sat there while I made the case for his dismissal...
他坐在那兒，聽我陳述解雇他的理由。

Baroness Thatcher's claims seem credible to many.
撒切爾女男爵的主張在很多人看來是可信的。

Nothing to be got without pains but poverty.
一份耕耘，一份收獲。

This decree obliges unions to delay strikes.
該法令迫使工會推遲罷工。

The right to demand payment from the endorser of a commercial paper when the first party liable fails to pay.
追索權當有支付義務的第一方不能支付時，可以向商業票據的背書人要求支付的權力。

She and a neighbour tried in vain to revive him...
她和鄰居想盡一切辦法都沒能讓他蘇醒過來。

He entered the room briskly and stood near the door...
他輕快地走進屋里，站在門邊。

Carl sits at a computer terminal 40 hours a week.
卡爾每周在電腦終端前坐 40 個小時。

I made sure I sounded calm but my mind was racing...
我確保自己聽上去很鎮定，但腦筋卻飛快地轉著。

...carbohydrates such as bread, pasta or chips.
碳水化合物食品,如面包、意大利面食或炸薯條

...the department's dual role as overseer of oil production and safety.
該部門作為監管石油生產與安全的機構的雙重身份

I had an opportunity to go to New York and study...
我曾經有一個去紐約學習的機會。

That forced peasant farmers to try to eke a living off steep hillsides ...
那迫使農民們努力在陡峭的山坡上勉強維持生計。

The furniture was stiff, uncomfortable, too delicate, and too neat...
家具又硬又不舒服，太不結實而且太小巧。