英汉词典

for 基本解释

• prep. 为，为了；因为；给；对于；至于；适合于
• conj. 因为

for 中文词源

来自PIE*per, 向前，穿过，词源同far, ford. 后主要用做介词或副词使用，与fore在中古英语时期才开始产生词义上的差别。

for 英文词源

for

for: [OE] For comes from a prehistoric Germanic *fora, which denoted ‘before’ – both ‘before’ in time and ‘in front’ in place. For itself meant ‘before’ in the Old English period, and the same notion is preserved in related forms such as first, fore, foremost, former, from, and of course before. Germanic *fora itself goes back to Indo- European *pr, source also of Latin prae ‘before’, pro ‘for’, and primus ‘first’ (whence English premier, primary, etc), Greek pará ‘by, past’, pró ‘before’, and protos ‘first’ (whence English protocol, prototype, etc). and English forth and further.
=> before, first, fore, former, forth, from, further, premier, primary

for (prep.)

Old English for "before, in the sight of, in the presence of; as far as; during, before; on account of, for the sake of; in place of, instead of," from Proto-Germanic *fur "before; in" (cognates: Old Saxon furi "before," Old Frisian for, Middle Dutch vore, Dutch voor "for, before;" German für "for;" Danish for "for," før "before;" Gothic faur "for," faura "before"), from PIE *pr- (see fore (adv.)).

From late Old English as "in favor of." For and fore differentiated gradually in Middle English. For alone as a conjunction, "because, since, for the reason that; in order that" is from late Old English, probably a shortening of common Old English phrases such as for þon þy "therefore," literally "for the (reason) that."

for 词组搭配

for 同义词解析

as, because, for, since

这些连词均含有"因为"之意。

as：从属连词，语意较because, since弱，着重在主句，所表示的原因或理由是"附带的"。

because：从属连词，语意强，着重直接的原因或理由，所引出的从句是全句的重心，用以回答why提出的问题。

for：并列连词，语气较弱，所引出的句子一般放在后面，表示附带说明的理由或推断理由。

since：语意比because弱，但比as强，一般用于表示"由于大家已知的事实"。

during, for

这两个前置词都有"在……期"之意。

during： 侧重指习惯性的某一段时间，而for指特定的某一段时间；during指继续的时间概念，突出事件发生的时刻，而for侧重事件持续时间的总长度。

for 双语例句

1. For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?

我们活着是为了什么？不就是给邻居当笑柄，再反过来笑他们。

来自《傲慢与偏见》

2. Sometimes things have to fall apart to make way for better things.

有时候要到达谷底，才会慢慢变好。

来自金山词霸 每日一句

3. Do not wait for good things to happen to you. You need to walk towards happiness.

不要等待好事降临，你要向幸福进发。

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4. Instead of complaining about what's wrong, be grateful for what's right.

别抱怨不好的事，要对好的事心存感恩。

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5. Good luck is when an opportunity comes along and you're prepared for it.

好运就是当机会来临时，你早已做好了准备。

来自金山词霸 每日一句

for 实用场景例句

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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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 drove on for a few miles...

我们继续往前开了几公里。

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For a few minutes she sat on her bed watching the clock...

她坐在床上盯着时钟看了几分钟。

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The toaster remained on for more than an hour...

烤面包机持续开了一个多小时。

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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 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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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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Many new trains have space for wheelchair users...

许多新型列车为坐轮椅者留有空间。

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It would take three to six hours for a round trip...

往返行程需要 3 到 6 个小时。

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...fishmongers displaying freshwater fish for sale...

摆摊卖淡水鱼的鱼贩

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Skis are available for hire on a daily basis.

雪橇可以按天租用。

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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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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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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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...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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Isn't that enough for you?...

那对你来说不够吗？

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I have some free advice for you.

我可以为你提供免费咨询。

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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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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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