In addition to the uses shown below, for is used after some verbs, nouns, and adjectives in order to introduce extra information, and in phrasal verbs such as ‘account for’ and ‘make up for’. It is also used with some verbs that have two objects in order to introduce the second object.
除下列用法外，for 还可以用在一些动词、名词和形容词后，以引出更多信息，还可以用于 account for，make up for 等短语动词中。for 还可以和一些有双宾语的动词连用，引出第二个宾语。
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I knew he worked for a security firm...
我知道他在一家保安公司工作。
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Have you had any experience writing for radio?
你有给电台写稿子的经验吗？
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...a buyer for one of the largest chain stores in the south.
南方最大的一家连锁店的采购
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She appears nightly on the television news, speaking for the State Department.
她作为国务院的发言人，每晚都会出现在电视新闻中。
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...the spokesman for the Democrats.
民主党发言人
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If your pharmacy doesn't stock the product you want, have them order it for you...
如果药店没有你想要的药品，让他们为你订购。
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I hold a shop door open for an old person...
我帮一位老人把住店门。
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He picked the bracelet up for me.
他帮我把手镯捡了起来。
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This is the best thing you've ever done – I am so happy for you!...
这是你做得最棒的一件事——我为你感到高兴！
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He felt a great sadness for this little girl.
他为这个小女孩深感悲哀。
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John, I'm sorry for Steve, but I think you've made the right decisions...
约翰，我为史蒂夫感到难过，但是我想你的决定是正确的。
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Mack felt a pitiless contempt for her.
麦克对她没有同情，只有鄙夷。
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...drug users who use unsterile equipment for injections of drugs...
使用未经消毒的注射器注射毒品的吸毒者
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The knife for cutting sausage was sitting in the sink.
切香肠用的刀放在水槽里。
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...economic aid for the future reconstruction of the country.
用于该国未来重建的经济援助
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He's soon to make a speech in parliament explaining his reasons for going...
他很快要在议会发表讲话，说明他辞职的原因。
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The county hospital could find no physical cause for Sumner's problems...
关于萨姆纳的问题，县医院查不出任何生理上的原因。
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He has now been formally given the grounds for his arrest.
他现在已被正式告知了自己被捕的原因。
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He had a great desire to have a home of his own for he had always lived with my grandmother.
他强烈渴望拥有一个属于自己的家，因为他一直和我祖母住在一起。
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...doing jobs that others turn down for lack of skill...
做别人不愿意做的没有技术含量的工作
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They cannot sleep for hunger.
他们饿得睡不着。
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If not for John, Brian wouldn't have learned the truth...
要不是因为约翰，布赖恩也不可能知道真相。
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The earth would be a frozen ball if it were not for the radiant heat of the sun...
如果没有太阳辐射的热量，地球就会变成一个冰球。
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She might have forgotten her completely had it not been for recurrent nightmares.
要不是因为反复做噩梦，她可能已经把她彻底忘了。
You use for to say how long a period lasts in the past, present, or future, or how much time passes without something happening. She slept for eight hours… He will be away for three weeks… I hadn't seen him for four years. You use since to say when a period of time started. She has been with the group since it began. …the first civilian president since the coup 17 years ago. You also use since to refer to the last time that something happened, or to how much time passes without something happening. She hadn'teaten since breakfast… It was a long time since she had been to church.
for 用于表示在过去、现在或将来持续的一段时间，或某事发生之前的时间长短。例如：She slept for eight hours (她睡了8个小时)，He will be away for three weeks (他要离开3周)，I hadn't seen him for four years (我已经4年没见过他了)。since 用于表示一段时间的开始，例如：She has been with the group since it began (这个集团创建之初她就在那里工作)，the first civilian president since the coup 17 years ago (自17年前的政变以来的首位平民总统)。since 也可用于指某事最后一次发生的时间或某事发生之前的时间长短，例如：She hadn't eaten since breakfast (她早饭后就没吃过东西)，It was a long time since she had been to church (她很长时间没去教堂了)。
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We drove on for a few miles...
我们继续往前开了几公里。
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Great clouds of black smoke were rising for several hundred feet or so.
大片的黑色烟云升至大约几百英尺的空中。
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We got the bus back to Tange for 30 cents...
我们花了 30 美分坐公共汽车回到坦格。
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The Martins sold their house for about 1.4 million pounds...
马丁夫妇把他们的房子卖了 140 万英镑。
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The doctor was prepared to do the operation for a large sum.
医生做这个手术需要收取高额费用。
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...the Welsh Boat Show, planned for July 30–August 1...
预定于 7 月 30 日至 8 月 1 日期间举办的威尔士船展
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Marks & Spencer will be unveiling its latest fashions for autumn and winter...
玛莎百货的最新款秋冬季时装即将亮相。
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The party was scheduled for 7:00.
派对定在 7 点举行。
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He asked his daughter what she would like for her birthday...
他问女儿过生日想要什么。
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I'll be home for Christmas.
我会回家过圣诞节。
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They would be leaving for Rio early the next morning.
他们第二天一早要去里约。
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What matters for most scientists is money and facilities...
对多数科学家来说，资金和设备是至关重要的。
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For her, books were as necessary to life as bread...
对她来说，书就像面包一样，是生活必需品。
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It would be excellent experience for him to travel a little.
对他来说，偶尔出去旅游会是很不错的经历。
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It might be possible for a single woman to be accepted as a foster parent...
有可能会接受单身女子作为领养人。
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I had made arrangements for my affairs to be dealt with by one of my children...
我已经安排我的一个孩子处理我的事务。
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He held out his glass for an old waiter to refill.
他把杯子递给一个老服务生重新续杯。
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He was tall for an eight-year-old...
对一个 8 岁的孩子而言，他长得很高。
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He had too much money for a young man.
对于一个年轻人来说，他太有钱了。
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Right, who's for a toasted sandwich then?...
好吧，谁想要吐司三明治？
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'What'll it be?' Paul said. —'I'm for halibut.'
“要吃什么？”保罗说。——“我要吃大比目鱼。”
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Wendy decided the sport was not for her...
温迪认定这项运动不适合她。
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Not for me the settled life...
安定的生活并不适合我。
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I'm afraid German beer isn't for me.
恐怕我喝不了德国啤酒。
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I wish you would come back to Washington with us, but that's for you to decide...
我希望你能和我们一起回华盛顿，但是这由你决定。
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It is not for me to arrange such matters.
我无权安排这些事情。
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Are you for or against public transport?...
你是支持还是反对公共交通？
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I'm for a government that the people respect and that respects the people...
我拥护一个受到人民尊重并且尊重人民的政府。
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No, I'm not for abolishing prizes and denying novelists their money.
不，我不赞成停止颁奖和取消小说家的奖金。
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Another union has voted for industrial action in support of a pay claim...
另一个工会已经投票赞成采取要求加薪的劳工行动。
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The case for nuclear power is impressive...
这个支持核能的案例令人印象深刻。
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We have no real, objective, scientific evidence for our belief.
我们并无实际、客观、科学的证据支撑我们的信仰。
- For is also an adverb.
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833 delegates voted for, and only 432 against.
833名代表投票赞成，只有 432 人反对。
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The Brady Bill is named for former White House Press Secretary James Brady...
布雷迪法案是以前白宫新闻秘书詹姆斯·布雷迪的名字命名的。
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Ayer started N. W. Ayer & Son in 1869, naming the firm for his father.
艾尔在1869 年成立了 N. W. 艾尔父子公司，公司以他父亲的名字命名。
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For every farm job that is lost, two or three other jobs in the area are put at risk...
在该地区每有一个农民失去工作，另外两到三个从事其他工作的人就会面临失业的危险。
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Where there had been one divorce for every 100 marriages before the war, now there were five.
战前每100对夫妇中有一对离婚，现在则是 5 对。
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...the Antarctic, mile for mile one of the planet's most lifeless areas...
南极洲的每一寸土地和世界上其他地方相比都是最荒芜的
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He insists any tax cut be matched dollar-for-dollar with cuts in spending.
他坚持每一项减税都要和支出削减一一对应。
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The technical term for sunburn is erythema...
晒斑的专业术语是红斑。
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Cancer is derived from the Greek word for crab, karkinos.
cancer 这个词派生自希腊语中表示螃蟹的 karkinos 一词
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For further information on the life of William James Sidis, see Amy Wallace, 'The Prodigy'.
想了解关于威廉·詹姆斯·西迪斯生平的更多信息，请参阅埃米·华莱士所著《神童》。
Both for and to can be used to talk about somebody's purpose, but in different structures. For must be followed by a noun when expressing purpose. Occasionally I go to the pub for a drink.For is not normally used before a verb. You cannot say 'I go to the pub for to have a drink'. You can use for before an -ing form to describe the purpose of an object. …a small machine for weighing the post. With verbs, the infinitive is used without 'for'. She then went off to fetch help.
for 和 to 都可以用于谈论某人的目的，但是所用结构不同。表示目的时，for 后面必须接名词，例如:Occasionally I go to the pub for a drink (我偶尔会到酒吧里喝一杯)。for 一般不用在动词前。不能说I go to the pub for to have a drink。可以在-ing形式前用for来描述某物的用途，例如:a small machine for weighing the post (给邮件称重的小机器)。for 不与动词不定式连用, 如: She then went off to fetch help (她接着出去找人帮忙)。
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I am all for cutting carbon dioxide emissions, but that would be much more easily achieved by giving subsidies to windpower, than with nuclear power...
我完全赞成减少二氧化碳的排放，但是，相比发展核能，对发展风能提供补贴更容易实现这一目标。
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He is all for players earning what they can while they are in the game...
他完全赞成现役运动员尽可能多赚钱。
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I was all for it, but Wolfe said no.
我对此完全赞成，但是乌尔夫说不行。
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He was married for the second time, this time to a Belgian...
他第二次结婚，这一次是和一个比利时人。
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For the first time in my career, I was failing.
我职业生涯中第一次经历失败。
- 1. I haven't been to see her for a long time now. For one thing, she lives too far away; for another, I've been rather busy.
- 我好久没有看她， 一来路太远，二来没工夫。
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 2. She wrote for fun for many years before starting to write seriously for a living.
- 在她开始正正经经地为谋生而写作之前，许多年她以写作自娱。
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- 3. Abraham Lincoln called on his people to fight for freedom for all—Negroes and Whites.
- 亚伯拉罕·林肯号召他的人民为所有的人——黑人和白人的自由而战斗。
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- 4. After writing for the theater for many years, he turned to the art of film.
- 他从事戏剧写作多年之后，又开始搞电影艺术。
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- 5. An advocate for John could make out a case for him on this score also.
- 约翰的一位律师在这方面也能提出有利于他的理由。
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- 6. An appeal is being made for help for those who lost their homes in the earthquake.
- 正在呼吁援助在地震中失去家园的人们。
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 7. Aunt must shop around for the better job for me.
- 姑妈要为我找一份较好的工作。
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- 8. Being lost in the wilderness for a week was an ordeal for me.
- 在荒野里迷路一星期对我来说真是一场磨难。
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- 9. Better have no war for a thousand days than slacken your vigilance for one day.
- 宁可千日不战，不可一日不备。
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- 10. Closed for five days for repairs.
- 修理内部，停业5天。
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 11. Don't set him the task. For one thing he's old; for another he's in poor health.
- 不能让他去干， 一则年纪大，二则身体弱。
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- 12. Don't speak for your friend; speak for yourself.
- 不要再为人说项了，谈谈你自己的看法吧。
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- 13. Don't wait for me, please. That might be more convenient for both of us.
- 别等我了，咱们两便吧。
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- 14. Don't worry about a bed for tonight; I've sent ahead to the hotel to ask them to keep a room for us.
- 不要担心今晚的住宿问题，我已事先与旅馆联系，请他们给我们留个房间。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 15. Fame portends trouble for men just as fattening does for pigs.
- 人怕出名猪怕壮。
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- 16. For 23years he led a crusade for peace.
- 他领导了一场和平运动23年之久。
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- 17. For her twelfth birthday, she asked for a chemistry set.
- 她要一个化学箱作她12 岁生日的礼物。
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- 18. For her, of all people, to complain about you being late for work!
- 对你这回迟到说怪话的竟然是她，真没想到！
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- 19. For him fame does not count for much.
- 在他看来，出名算不了什么。
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- 20. For instance, the more versatile Singaporeans, with richer experiences of life, might have been deterred from taking part for fear of losing face within sight of friends and relatives, should they perform ignominiously.
- 一些阅历丰富的新加坡人，可能害怕会在亲人和朋友面前出丑，而不愿意参加节目。
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