helpmeet 伙伴来自圣经an help meet for Adam,即Eve.help,帮助，meet,古义形容词匹配的，合适的，词源同match.后来连写在一起，再后来讹误成helpmate.
- helpmeet (n.)
- as two words in the 1611 Bible, a noun-adjective phrase; hyphenated and mistaken as a modified noun by 1670s; see helpmate.
- 1. His wife, Electra , was a capable helpmeet.
- 他的妻子 爱勒克特 是个能干的内助.
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