for

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prep. 为, 因为, 至于 conj. 因为 [计] DOS批处理命令:对一组参数重复执行指定的命令

发音

UK /fɔː/
CA /fɔɹ/
US /fɔɹ/
AU /foː/
NZ /foː/
其它
SCOT /fɔɾ/
IN /fɒː(ɾ)/
AU /fə/
UK /fə/
CA /fɚ/
US /fɚ/
NZ /fɘ/

别名

4 fa faw f'r vor fo fo' fur fuh fer

教材释义与例句

介词

为,为了;因为;给;对于;至于;适合于

used to say who is intended to get or use something, or where something is intended to be used

连词

因为

used to introduce the reason for something

释义与例句

prep. A1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Towards; in the direction of.

    The astronauts headed for the moon.

    Run for the hills!

    He was headed for the door when he remembered.

  2. 2.

    Directed at; intended to belong to.

    为了

    I have something for you.

  3. 3.

    In order to help, benefit, gratify, honor etc. (someone or something).

    Everything I do, I do for you.

    We're having a birthday party for Janet.

    The mayor gave a speech for the charity gala.

  4. 4.

    Befitting of someone’s beliefs, needs, wants, skills, or tastes; best suited to.

    I’ll strike a blow for you.

    If having to bag the groceries correctly is more than you can handle, then this isn't the job for you.

  5. 5.

    Supporting, in favour of.

    All those for the motion, raise your hands.

    Who's for ice-cream?

    I'm for going by train

    Ten voted for, and three against.

  6. 6.

    Because of.

    He wouldn't apologize; and just for that, she refused to help him.

    He looks better for having lost weight.

    She was the worse for drink.

    I like her for lots of reasons.

    I jumped for joy.

  7. 7.

    In order to cure, remove or counteract.

    I need to spray my house for termites.

  8. 8.

    In anticipation of.

    Stand by for your cue.

    Prepare for battle.

  9. 9.

    So as to identify or locate.

    They swept the area for enemy operatives.

    Police combed his flat for clues.

  10. 10.

    Over (a period of time).

    I've lived here for three years.

    They fought for days over a silly pencil.

    The store is closed for the day.

  11. 11.

    By the standards of, usually with the implication that those standards are lower than one might otherwise expect; considering.

    对……来说

    Fair for its day.

    She's spry for an old lady.

    He's very mature, for a two-year-old.

  12. 12.

    To be, or as being.

    Don't take me for a fool.

    17th century Abraham Cowley, Of Wit We take a falling meteor for a star.

    Most of our ingenious young men take up some cry'd-up English poet for their model.

  13. 13.

    Indicating something desired or anticipated.

    O for the wings of a dove.

    Ah! for wings to soar …

    And now for a slap-up meal!

  14. 14.

    In honor of; after.

    美国

    He is named for his grandfather.

  15. 15.

    Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done.

    废旧
  16. 16.

    So (that), in order to

    He took the swing shift for he could get more overtime.

  17. 17.

    Used in various other more-or-less idiomatic ways to construe individual verbs, indicating various semantic relationships such as target, purpose, result, etc.; see also the entries for individual phrasal verbs, e.g. ask for, look for, stand for, etc.

    to account for one's whereabouts to care for a relative to settle for second best to allow for mistakes

  18. 18.

    To be used or treated in a stated way, or with a stated purpose.

    This is a new bell for my bicycle.

    The cake is for Tom and Helen's anniversary.

    This medicine is for your cough.

    These apples here are for eating. The rest are for throwing away.

    I'll buy something for killing cockroaches. We must find something to kill them all.

  19. 19.

    So as to allow (something or someone) to take position.

    Make way for the president!

    Clear the shelves for our new Christmas stock!

  20. 20.

    Throughout or across (a distance in space).

    I can see for miles.

  21. 21.

    Used to introduce a subject of a to-infinitive clause.

    It seems unreasonable for our boss to withhold our wages.

    I don't think it's a good idea for you and me to meet.

    For you and me to meet is not a good idea because I'm not eager for it to be a success.

  22. 22.

    On behalf of.

    I will stand in for him.

    I speak for the Prime Minister.

  23. 23.

    In the role or capacity of; instead of; in place of.

    I used a hay bale for a bed.

    He's got a turnip for a brain.

  24. 24.

    In exchange for; in correspondence or equivalence with.

    I got five hundred pounds for that old car!

    He matched me blow for blow.

  25. 25.

    In order to obtain or acquire.

    I am aiming for completion by the end of business Thursday.

    He's going for his doctorate.

    Do you want to go for coffee?

    People all over Greece looked to Delphi for answers.

    After a split second of hesitation, the second baseman leaped for the ball—or, rather, stumbled for it.

    Can you go to the store for some eggs?

    I'm saving up for a car.

    Don't wait for an answer.

    What did he ask you for?

    All this sun spoils me for vacations in the far North.

    Let's go out for dinner.

  26. 26.

    Despite, in spite of.

    For all his expensive education, he didn't seem very bright.

    1892 August 6, "The Unbidden Guest", in Charles Dickens, Jr. (editor), All the Year Round, page 133, Mr. Joseph Blenkinshaw was perhaps not worth quite so much as was reported; but for all that he was a very wealthy man […]

  27. 27.

    Introducing the first item(s) in a potential sequence .

    Go scuba diving? For one thing, I can't even swim.

    For another, we don't have any equipment.

  28. 28.

    Due for or facing (a certain outcome or fate).

    英国

    He totally screwed up that project. Now he's surely for the sack.

  29. 29.

    Out of; used to indicate a fraction, a ratio

    美国

    In term of base hits, Jones was three for four on the day

  30. 30.

    For the price of.

    商务

    Special offer: three for two.

  31. 31.

    Used as part of a score to indicate the number of wickets that have fallen.

    体育 游戏

    At close of play, England were 305 for 3.

conj. A2
  1. 1.

    Because.

    因为

    为著

    为着

    正式 文学

    I had to stay with my wicked stepmother, for I had nowhere else to go.

part.
  1. 1.

    To; (the particle for marking the following verb as an infinitive).

    过时 非裔美国英语

    She say that when nigger people step out o’ they place and start for rub shoulders with Bacra, trouble just ‘round the corner.

相关短语

词源

From Middle English for, from Old English for (“for, because of”), from Proto-Germanic *furi (“for”), from Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-. Cognate with West Frisian foar (“for”), Dutch voor (“for”), German für (“for”), Danish for (“for”), Swedish för (“for”), Norwegian for (“for”), Icelandic fyrir (“for”), Latin per (“by, through, for, by means of”) and Romance language descendants (e.g. Spanish por (“for”)), Ancient Greek περί (perí, “for, about, toward”), Lithuanian per (“by, through, during”), Slovak pre (“for”), Sanskrit परि (pári, “over, around”).

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