英语词汇“to be for”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. to be for.

(a) To be ready to act for, to be on the side of; to be in favour of, to advocate; also (Law, now colloquial) acting as counsel on behalf of. See also all for.

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OE Rules of Confraternity (Paris) in R. Brotanek Texte u. Untersuchungen zur altenglischen Lit. u. Kirchengeschichte (1913) 28 Þære gebedrædene we wilniað georne þæt hi for us beon ge on life ge on legere & we eaþmodlice for hi beon wyllaþ.

c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) l. 253 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 114 Euere he was for holi churche and for pouere Men al-so, A-ȝen þe proute courteoures.

1550 R. Crowley One & Thyrtye Epigrammes sig. Aviii Where euerye man is for him selfe and no manne for all.

1590 R. Harvey Plaine Percevall 23 So hauing skinkde mine Vltimum Vale in a parting pot, I put you both in a draught: And drinke to the funerals of your Enimitie. Stay good neighbors, now I am for your company.

1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing ii. i. 348 My lord, I am for you, though it cost me ten nights watchings.

1650 Mercurius Politicus No. 25 409 He finds the Lawyers to slight his Case more then before; and that many who have been of his Counsel formerly, are for his Adversaries.

1692 J. Locke Toleration ii, in Wks. (1727) II. 289 You cannot be..for a free and impartial Examination.

1799 T. Jefferson Let. 26 Jan. in Writings (1984) 1057 I am for free commerce with all nations.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xx. 511 He was for going straight into the harbour of Brest.

1870 C. Dickens Let. 2 June (2002) XII. 542 Were you not for Household Words in the case of the ‘Household Narrative of Current Events’.

1935 H. L. Ickes Secret Diary (1953) I. 435 I am for substantial, worth-while, and socially desirable public works.

1956 T. C. H. Jacobs Aspects of Murder 156 Mr. Edmund Davies, Q.C., was for the prosecution and Mr. Vincent Lloyd-Jones, Q.C., for the defence.

1966 L. Durrell in Sat. Evening Post 4 June 68/3 Coco was for selling her to a local clinic, but once more we were stymied by this public holiday. The clinic was shut.

1996 Advocate 15 Oct. 56/1 I am for what is natural to almost all mammals and avians, and evidently most primates: serial monogamy with clandestine philandering.

(b) To be suitable or appropriate for; (now often) to be to one's liking or taste (chiefly in the negative).With quot. 1461 cf. fore prep. 11.

1461 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 391 I scend yow home Pekok a-geyn; he is not fore me.]

1486 Bk. St. Albans sig. diii^v That hauke is for a Baron.

1583 C. Hollyband Campo di Fior 55 I will rather have him. He is for me.

1663 S. Pepys Diary 27 Apr. (1971) IV. 113 He is not for my family, he is grown so out of order and not to be ruled.

1879 T. Hardy Distracted Preacher in Wessex Tales (1896) 237 At any rate, you will let me make him keep his distance as your lover, and tell him flatly that you are not for him?

1998 Guardian 30 Jan. (Friday Review section) 15/2 If you have to steal it, can't pronounce it, and look like a ho when you're in it, it's not for you, sweetie.

2011 S. Sahota Ours are Streets 252 If Aaqil and the others want to do it, then fine. It is their business. It is their fight and I wish them well. But it is not for me.

(c) it is for (a person): (followed by infinitive) it is suitable or permissible for (a person) to do something; it is the duty or concern of (a person) to do something.

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a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. i. sig. B4 It is not for me to attend so high a blissefulnesse.

1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. xlii. 144 It is for Gods to mount winged horses, and to feed on Ambrosia.

a1734 R. North Examen (1740) iii. ix. §7 652 It is not for a Layman to act the Theologue.

1885 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 14 872 It will be for the Rule Committee to alter the rule if [etc.].

1974 C. Hampton Savages (1976) xiv. 70 But he said that was the Company's final decision And it wasn't for him to query it.

2004 Independent 2 Oct. 4/3 It is for doctors to judge the urgency of each case.

(d) To be bound for; to be making for (a place). Now somewhat rare.

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1606 G. Chapman Monsieur D'Oliue iii. sig. E 2 I leaue your Highnes to deale with Atropos..I am for France.

1630 J. Wadsworth Eng. Spanish Pilgrime (new ed.) ii. 6 I was for St. Sebastians, accompanied with one Mr. Pickford.

1707 G. Farquhar Beaux Stratagem ii. 11 Are you for Church this Morning?

1755 S. Derrick Coll. Orig. Poems 29 Sir, I've a handsome chaise and pair: Are you for London, or for Chester?

1823 J. G. Lockhart Reginald Dalton I. ii. i. 190 ‘Ay, ay, 'tis Oxford College, ye're for, is it?..are ye no rather auld for beginning to be a collegianer?’

1987 B. MacLaverty Great Profundo 105 ‘Can I give you a lift?’‘Aye.’..‘Where are you for?’ ‘The far side.’

1991 M. S. Power Come the Executioner (1992) iv. 30 Fermin stood up and stretched. ‘Well, I'm for bed...’

2005 T. Elborough Bus we Loved App. 2 188 ‘Is this bus for the British Museum?’ ‘Not yet, guv.’

†(e) To be ready, prepared, or a match for a person. Obsolete.

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a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Old Law (1656) iii. 38 My yong boyes I shall be for you.

a1640 P. Massinger Beleeue as you List (1976) iii. iii. 62 His angrie forhead..noe matter I am for hym.

(f) To be anxious for, to desire, to want. Now chiefly Scottish, Welsh English, or Irish English (northern).

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the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > strong or eager desire > desire strongly or eagerly [verb (transitive)]

to gape uponc1340

galp1546

gape1552

to gape ata1586

to die for1591

ambition1601

raven1607

ambigate1633

ambitionate?c1642

ambiate1659

sparkle1665

to be for1673

efflagitate1676

greed1848

to be spoiling for1865

1673 J. Dryden Assignation iii. iii. 37 I hate to snatch a morsel of Love, and so away; I am for a set-meal, where I may enjoy my full gust.

1697 T. D'Urfey Intrigues at Versailles iii. ii. 36 Come, Madam, how shall we divert this Afternoon, are you for the Opera or Gardens.

1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World II. 131 I am for a Chinese dish of bear's claws and bird's nests.

1790 A. Shirrefs Poems 29 Now, o' the snish he's for a dose; Wi' pen just rising to his nose.

1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park III. vii. 47 I could not tell whether you would be for some meat, or only a dish of tea after your journey.

a1930 N. Munro Erchie in Art Tea-room in B. D. Osborne & R. Armstrong Erchie & Jimmy Swan (1993) i. xxii. 102 ‘It'll likely be the Room de Good Looks,’ says he, lookin' at the waitress that cam' for oor order. ‘I'm for a pie and a bottle o' Broon Robin.’

1998 N. Harper Spik o the Place 57 Are ye for a skoof fae ma ale-bottle?

(g) Originally British Military slang. to be for it: (originally) to be due for punishment; (subsequently) to be in for trouble.

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society > authority > punishment > [verb (intransitive)] > be in for punishment

to be for it1909

1909 Captain Apr. 14/2 He'll give the whole show away?.. Then, I suppose, we'll all be for it.

1915 War Illustr. 21 Aug. 22/1 Then it is that he realises so acutely that if anything happens to his pilot he is ‘for it’, as the current flying phrase has it.

1919 Athenæum 1 Aug. 695/1 ‘On the peg’, to be charged with a ‘crime’. ‘You'll be for it’, the sergeant's threat of ‘the peg’.

1926 Punch 28 Apr. 466/1 Major Atlee..declared that if the discipline of a unit broke down it was the officer in charge who should be ‘for it’.

1940 War Illustr. 5 Jan. 567/1 If a bomb comes, one is ‘for it’.

2017 K. Steven 2020 10 But if you crossed him you were for it. He had a flash of temper that took you by surprise.

单词	to be for
释义	> as lemmas to be for a. to be for. (a) To be ready to act for, to be on the side of; to be in favour of, to advocate; also (Law, now colloquial) acting as counsel on behalf of. See also all for. ΚΠ OE Rules of Confraternity (Paris) in R. Brotanek Texte u. Untersuchungen zur altenglischen Lit. u. Kirchengeschichte (1913) 28 Þære gebedrædene we wilniað georne þæt hi for us beon ge on life ge on legere & we eaþmodlice for hi beon wyllaþ. c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) l. 253 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 114 Euere he was for holi churche and for pouere Men al-so, A-ȝen þe proute courteoures. 1550 R. Crowley One & Thyrtye Epigrammes sig. Aviii Where euerye man is for him selfe and no manne for all. 1590 R. Harvey Plaine Percevall 23 So hauing skinkde mine Vltimum Vale in a parting pot, I put you both in a draught: And drinke to the funerals of your Enimitie. Stay good neighbors, now I am for your company. 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing ii. i. 348 My lord, I am for you, though it cost me ten nights watchings. View more context for this quotation 1650 Mercurius Politicus No. 25 409 He finds the Lawyers to slight his Case more then before; and that many who have been of his Counsel formerly, are for his Adversaries. 1692 J. Locke Toleration ii, in Wks. (1727) II. 289 You cannot be..for a free and impartial Examination. 1799 T. Jefferson Let. 26 Jan. in Writings (1984) 1057 I am for free commerce with all nations. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xx. 511 He was for going straight into the harbour of Brest. 1870 C. Dickens Let. 2 June (2002) XII. 542 Were you not for Household Words in the case of the ‘Household Narrative of Current Events’. 1935 H. L. Ickes Secret Diary (1953) I. 435 I am for substantial, worth-while, and socially desirable public works. 1956 T. C. H. Jacobs Aspects of Murder 156 Mr. Edmund Davies, Q.C., was for the prosecution and Mr. Vincent Lloyd-Jones, Q.C., for the defence. 1966 L. Durrell in Sat. Evening Post 4 June 68/3 Coco was for selling her to a local clinic, but once more we were stymied by this public holiday. The clinic was shut. 1996 Advocate 15 Oct. 56/1 I am for what is natural to almost all mammals and avians, and evidently most primates: serial monogamy with clandestine philandering. (b) To be suitable or appropriate for; (now often) to be to one's liking or taste (chiefly in the negative).With quot. 1461 cf. fore prep. 11. Π 1461 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 391 I scend yow home Pekok a-geyn; he is not fore me.] 1486 Bk. St. Albans sig. diii^v That hauke is for a Baron. 1583 C. Hollyband Campo di Fior 55 I will rather have him. He is for me. 1663 S. Pepys Diary 27 Apr. (1971) IV. 113 He is not for my family, he is grown so out of order and not to be ruled. 1879 T. Hardy Distracted Preacher in Wessex Tales (1896) 237 At any rate, you will let me make him keep his distance as your lover, and tell him flatly that you are not for him? 1998 Guardian 30 Jan. (Friday Review section) 15/2 If you have to steal it, can't pronounce it, and look like a ho when you're in it, it's not for you, sweetie. 2011 S. Sahota Ours are Streets 252 If Aaqil and the others want to do it, then fine. It is their business. It is their fight and I wish them well. But it is not for me. (c) it is for (a person): (followed by infinitive) it is suitable or permissible for (a person) to do something; it is the duty or concern of (a person) to do something. ΚΠ a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. i. sig. B4 It is not for me to attend so high a blissefulnesse. 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. xlii. 144 It is for Gods to mount winged horses, and to feed on Ambrosia. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) iii. ix. §7 652 It is not for a Layman to act the Theologue. 1885 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 14 872 It will be for the Rule Committee to alter the rule if [etc.]. 1974 C. Hampton Savages (1976) xiv. 70 But he said that was the Company's final decision And it wasn't for him to query it. 2004 Independent 2 Oct. 4/3 It is for doctors to judge the urgency of each case. (d) To be bound for; to be making for (a place). Now somewhat rare. ΚΠ 1606 G. Chapman Monsieur D'Oliue iii. sig. E 2 I leaue your Highnes to deale with Atropos..I am for France. 1630 J. Wadsworth Eng. Spanish Pilgrime (new ed.) ii. 6 I was for St. Sebastians, accompanied with one Mr. Pickford. 1707 G. Farquhar Beaux Stratagem ii. 11 Are you for Church this Morning? 1755 S. Derrick Coll. Orig. Poems 29 Sir, I've a handsome chaise and pair: Are you for London, or for Chester? 1823 J. G. Lockhart Reginald Dalton I. ii. i. 190 ‘Ay, ay, 'tis Oxford College, ye're for, is it?..are ye no rather auld for beginning to be a collegianer?’ 1987 B. MacLaverty Great Profundo 105 ‘Can I give you a lift?’‘Aye.’..‘Where are you for?’ ‘The far side.’ 1991 M. S. Power Come the Executioner (1992) iv. 30 Fermin stood up and stretched. ‘Well, I'm for bed...’ 2005 T. Elborough Bus we Loved App. 2 188 ‘Is this bus for the British Museum?’ ‘Not yet, guv.’ †(e) To be ready, prepared, or a match for a person. Obsolete. ΚΠ a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Old Law (1656) iii. 38 My yong boyes I shall be for you. a1640 P. Massinger Beleeue as you List (1976) iii. iii. 62 His angrie forhead..noe matter I am for hym. (f) To be anxious for, to desire, to want. Now chiefly Scottish, Welsh English, or Irish English (northern). ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > strong or eager desire > desire strongly or eagerly [verb (transitive)] to gape uponc1340 galp1546 gape1552 to gape ata1586 to die for1591 ambition1601 raven1607 ambigate1633 ambitionate?c1642 ambiate1659 sparkle1665 to be for1673 efflagitate1676 greed1848 to be spoiling for1865 1673 J. Dryden Assignation iii. iii. 37 I hate to snatch a morsel of Love, and so away; I am for a set-meal, where I may enjoy my full gust. 1697 T. D'Urfey Intrigues at Versailles iii. ii. 36 Come, Madam, how shall we divert this Afternoon, are you for the Opera or Gardens. 1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World II. 131 I am for a Chinese dish of bear's claws and bird's nests. 1790 A. Shirrefs Poems 29 Now, o' the snish he's for a dose; Wi' pen just rising to his nose. 1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park III. vii. 47 I could not tell whether you would be for some meat, or only a dish of tea after your journey. View more context for this quotation a1930 N. Munro Erchie in Art Tea-room in B. D. Osborne & R. Armstrong Erchie & Jimmy Swan (1993) i. xxii. 102 ‘It'll likely be the Room de Good Looks,’ says he, lookin' at the waitress that cam' for oor order. ‘I'm for a pie and a bottle o' Broon Robin.’ 1998 N. Harper Spik o the Place 57 Are ye for a skoof fae ma ale-bottle? (g) Originally British Military slang. to be for it: (originally) to be due for punishment; (subsequently) to be in for trouble. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > [verb (intransitive)] > be in for punishment to be for it1909 1909 Captain Apr. 14/2 He'll give the whole show away?.. Then, I suppose, we'll all be for it. 1915 War Illustr. 21 Aug. 22/1 Then it is that he realises so acutely that if anything happens to his pilot he is ‘for it’, as the current flying phrase has it. 1919 Athenæum 1 Aug. 695/1 ‘On the peg’, to be charged with a ‘crime’. ‘You'll be for it’, the sergeant's threat of ‘the peg’. 1926 Punch 28 Apr. 466/1 Major Atlee..declared that if the discipline of a unit broke down it was the officer in charge who should be ‘for it’. 1940 War Illustr. 5 Jan. 567/1 If a bomb comes, one is ‘for it’. 2017 K. Steven 2020 10 But if you crossed him you were for it. He had a flash of temper that took you by surprise. extracted from forprep.conj.n.adv. < as lemmas
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