- 适合于；适合…之用， 可作…之用，适用于，符合…的需要：
You won't do for a teacher.
你不适合当教员。
Those old clothes will do for cleaning rags.
那些旧衣服可作抹布用。
- 代替：
This pen can do for the one you lost.
这支笔可代替你丢的那支。
- 设法得到[一般用于以 what或 how 开始的疑问句]：
I don't know what people do for food when they live in the mountain.
我不知道人们在山上住时，怎么能弄到食物的。
- [主英国英语]为…料理家务(或管家、作清洁工作)；照料，照顾：
The girl does for us two days a week.
那姑娘每周来两天替我们做家务。
The old man has done for himself for years.
那位老人多年来都是自己照顾自己。
- 使完蛋，使毁灭，毁掉；破坏；使失败；击败：
The long hike nearly did for her.
那次远足几乎要了她的命。
Their team is done for.
他们队完蛋了。
The pair of old shoes is about done for.
这双旧鞋都快坏了。
The gale did for my house.
大风毁了我的房子。
- 安排，为…解决：
What did you do for light when the electricity was turned off?
断电时你们是怎样解决照明问题的?
- 帮助：
What can I do for you?
我能帮你什么忙吗?
- 为…提供生活所需；被供给，得到：
The parents do for their children.
父母抚养孩子们。
What does he do for a living?
他以什么职业为生?
- 干掉，杀死 ，谋杀，使丧命：
That was the blow that did for her.
就是那一击使她丧了命。
- 宣判…有罪：
The court did him for robbery.
法院判他犯有抢劫罪。
to do ten years for manslaughter
因犯过失杀人罪服刑10年