for /fə, fɔː/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  PREP If something is for someone, they are intended to have it or benefit from it. 为

  例：

  Isn't that enough for you?

  那对你来说不够吗？

  例：

  ...a table for two.

  …一张双人桌。

  例：

  He wanted all the running of the business for himself.

  他想要自己管理整个企业。

• 2. 

  PREP If you work or do a job for someone, you are employed by them. 为… (工作)

  例：

  I knew he worked for a security firm.

  我知道他为一家保安公司工作。

  例：

  Have you had any experience writing for radio?

  你有为电台撰稿的经验吗？

• 3. 

  PREP If you speak or act for a particular group or organization, you represent them. 代表 (某团体或机构)

  例：

  She appears nightly on the television news, speaking for the State Department.

  她每晚出现在电视新闻上，代表国务院发言。

• 4. 

  PREP If someone does something for you, they do it so that you do not have to do it. 替… (做事)

  例：

  If your pharmacy doesn't stock the product you want, have them order it for you.

  如果药房没有你所要的产品，让他们替你订货。

  例：

  I hold a door open for an old person.

  我替一位老人把门开开。

• 5. 

  PREP If you feel a particular emotion for someone, you feel it on their behalf. 替… (感到) [adj/n PREP]

  例：

  This is the best thing you've ever done – I am so happy for you!

  这是你做过的最好的事–我真为你高兴！

• 6. 

  PREP If you feel a particular emotion for someone or something, they are the object of that emotion, and you feel it when you think about them. 对… (常怀有某种感情) [adj/n PREP]

  例：

  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，但我想你作出了正确的决定。

• 7. 

  PREP You use for after words such as "time," "space," "money," or "energy" when you say how much there is or whether there is enough of it in order to be able to do or use a particular thing. 供…使用

  例：

  Many new trains have space for wheelchair users.

  许多新火车都为坐轮椅者留有空间。

  例：

  ...a huge room with plenty of room for books.

  …可存放大量书籍的一间大屋子。

• 8. 

  PREP You use for when you make a statement about something in order to say how it affects or relates to someone, or what their attitude to it is. 对…来说

  例：

  What matters for most scientists is money and facilities.

  对大多数科学家来说，重要的是经费和设备。

  例：

  For her, books were as necessary to life as bread.

  对她来说，书就像面包一样是生活的必需。

• 9. 

  PREP After some adjective, noun, and verb phrases, you use for to introduce the subject of the action indicated by the following infinitive verb. 用于某些形容词、名词或动词词组之后，引出动词不定式的执行主语 [PREP n to-inf]

  例：

  It might be possible for a single woman to be accepted as a foster parent.

  有可能接受单身女子做养母。

  例：

  I had made arrangements for my affairs to be dealt with by one of my children.

  我安排了自己的一个孩子处理我的事务。

• 10. 

  PREP If you say that something is not for you, you mean that you do not enjoy it or that it is not suitable for you. 不被…喜欢; 不适合 [非正式] [with neg]

  例：

  Wendy decided the sport was not for her.

  温迪认定这项运动不适合她。

• 11. 

  PREP If it is for you to do something, it is your responsibility or right to do it. 由… (负责) [PREP n to-inf]

  例：

  I wish you would come back to Washington with us, but that's for you to decide.

  我希望你和我们一起回华盛顿，但由你自己决定。

• 12. 

  PREP For is the preposition that is used after some nouns, adjectives, or verbs in order to introduce more information or to indicate what a quality, thing, or action relates to. 用于某些名词、形容词或动词之后，引出更多信息或指出相关的性质、事物、行为等

  例：

  Reduced-calorie cheese is a great substitute for cream cheese.

  低卡路里干酪是奶油干酪的极好替代品。

  例：

  Parking lot owners should be legally responsible for protecting vehicles.

  停车场场主应该依法负责保护车辆。

• 13. 

  PREP If a word or expression has the same meaning as another word or expression, you can say that the first one is another word or expression for the second one. (意思) 相当于

  例：

  The technical term for sunburn is erythema.

  晒斑的专业术语是红斑病。

• 14. 

  PREP To be named for someone means to be given the same name as them. 以… (命名) [美国英语]

  例：

  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·布雷迪命名的。

• 15. 

  PREP You use for in a piece of writing when you mention information which will be found somewhere else. 至于… (用于指可以在文中其它地方找到的信息)

  例：

  For further information on the life of William James Sidis, see Amy Wallace, "The Prodigy."

  要了解更多关于威廉·詹姆斯·西迪斯的生平，参阅艾米·华莱士的《神童》。

• 16. 

  PREP For is used in conditional sentences, in expressions such as "if not for" and "were it not for," to introduce the only thing which prevents the main part of the sentence from being true. 要不是

  例：

  If not for John, Brian wouldn't have learned the truth.

  要不是约翰，布莱恩不会了解真相。

  例：

  The earth would be a frozen ball if it were not for the radiant heat of the sun.

  要是没有太阳的辐射热，地球将会是一个冰冻的球体。

• 17. 

  as for →see as

• 18. 

  but for →see but

• 19. 

  for all →see all