- 为了,为…目的:
to run for exercise
为锻炼而跑步
to go for a walk
去散步
- 属于…的;…用的:
equipment for the education
教育设备
- 适合于…需要(或目的):
a room for sleeping
卧室
medicine for the children
适合于儿童使用的药物
- 为了成为;为了得到(或获得);为拯救(或保持):
to fight for one's life
为生存而斗争
to send for a doctor
去请医生
- 代替,取代;作为…的符号:
to use blankets for coats
用毯子代替外衣
a substitute for butter
黄油代用品
- 代表,代理;为了…的利益:
to act for another
代替别人
A lawyer acts for his client.
律师代表他的当事人行动。
- 对…特别敏感,对…反应(或理解)快:
She has an eye for beauty.
她对美有鉴赏力。
- 赞成…,支持…,拥护;有利于:
to vote for a levy
投票赞成征税
Are you against it or for it?
你对此事是反对呢还是赞成?
- 为了向…表示敬意:
to give a banquet for someone
设宴招待某人
- (开)往…,以…为目的地:
to start for Beijing
出发到北京去
to leave for home
动身回家
- 寻找,寻求;希望,渴望;贪求,期待:
to look for a lost article
寻找失物
to hunger for knowledge
渴求知识
- 专门(供)给,有特殊用途:
flowers for a girl
给少女的花
money for paying bills
付账的钱
- 当作,作为:
to know a thing for a fact
知道某事属实
- 关于,至于;考虑到(…的性质),就…而言(或而论):
too warm for April
就四月而言,天太热
a need for improvement
改进的必要
- 由于,因为,作为(…的)结果:
to cry for pain
痛得哭了
- 虽然,尽管(常与 all 连用):
stupid for all her learning
学得那么多,还是很笨
- 与…成比例;与…相称,与…对应;与…一致:
For one enemy he has a hundred friends.
他有一敌而有百友。
two dollars spent for every dollar
每挣一美元就得花去二美元
- 相当于,等于[前接或后跟同一名词时,for 在两个比较或相反的事物中表示相等]:
a bill for $100 100
美元的账单
- 以…价格(或支付);换,交换;作为…的补偿:
I paid $50 for it.
我花了50美元买它。
- (数量、距离)达,计:
to walk for a mile
步行一英里
- 处罚:
payment for the crime
犯罪的代价
- 在…期间,在(指定时间):
an appointment for two o'clock
两点钟的约会
- 为了变成:
to go for a soldier
去当兵
- [用来引导相当于定语从句的不定式短语]:
It's for you to decide.
该由你来决定。
It's time for me to go.
我该去了。
- [废语]在…之前