| 单词 | to speak for |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto speak for —— to speak for —— 1. To make a speech or plea in place of or on behalf of (a person); in later use esp. to plead for. Also, to make representations concerning (a thing). speak for yourself: expressing a desire to dissociate oneself from what another has just said or the assumptions behind it. ΘΚΠ society > authority > delegated authority > action or function of a delegate or deputy > act as deputy for [verb (transitive)] > speak for or on behalf of another to speak for ——a1300 voice1886 the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > promise or vow [verb (transitive)] > bind by a promise conjurec1290 to speak for ——a1300 avow1303 adjurea1425 surec1460 arrest1489 gage1489 insure1530 pledge1571 fiance1592 objure1609 sacrament1621 attest1685 the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > support or encourage [verb (transitive)] > support or defend to stand by ——OE to speak for ——a1300 to stand for ——1384 maintainc1390 to stand up for1562 to stand out for?c1576 to stand to ——1582 patronize1595 stickle1632 to stick up for1792 championize1840 champion1844 to take up the cudgels1869 the mind > language > statement > dissent or disagreement > dissent or disagree [verb (intransitive)] > dissociate oneself disclaim1578 speak for yourself1738 a1300 K. Horn 171 Hor[n] spak for hem alle. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds xxvi. 1 It is suffrid to thee, for to speke for thi silf. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 8 How grymbart the dasse..spack For reynart. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Kings iv. 13 Hast thou eny matter to be spoken for to the kynge? a1648 Ld. Herbert Life (1976) 70 An impardonable fault, In soe much That noe man would speake for him. 1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ I. at Speak for If ever he do so again, I will never speak for him. 1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 16 Pray, Sir, speak for yourself. 1777 C. Reeve Champion of Virtue 102 Take courage and speak for yourself. 1778 J. Boswell in London Mag. Feb. 58/1 I remember hearing a late celebrated infidel tell that he was not at all pleased when the infidel wife of his friend, a poet of some eminence, addressed him in a company in London, ‘we Deists’.—Speak for yourself, Madam, said he abruptly. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth III. xi. 214 ‘I say, speak not for her,’ replied Leicester. 1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet III. x. 292 ‘Speak for yourself, friend,’ said Peter, scornfully. 1858 H. W. Longfellow Courtship Miles Standish iii Why don't you speak for yourself, John? 1916 G. B. Shaw Androcles & Lion Prologue 3 Megaera: Everybody knows that the Christians are the very lowest of the low. Androcles: Just like us, dear. Megaera: Speak for yourself. 1946 L. P. Hartley Sixth Heaven ii. 46 ‘Speak for yourself,’ said Barbara defiantly. 1976 Times Lit. Suppl. 30 Apr. 508/4 We learn that ‘when viewing serials..we feel we know these characters well enough, for example, to say hello to in the street.’.. My reaction to this is to say: speak for yourself! 2. To beg or request; to ask for. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)] yearnOE bid971 seek971 askOE beseechc1175 banc1275 yerec1275 cravec1300 desirec1330 impetrec1374 praya1382 nurnc1400 pleadc1400 require1400 fraynec1430 proke1440 requisitea1475 wishc1515 supply1546 request1549 implore?c1550 to speak for ——1560 entreat1565 impetratec1565 obtest?1577 solicit1595 invoke1617 mendicate1618 petition1621 imprecate1636 conjurea1704 speer1724 canvass1768 kick1792 I will thank you to do so-and-so1813 quest1897 to hit a person up for1917 1560 Bible (Geneva) Song of Sol. viii. 8 What shal we do for our sister..when she shalbe spoken for? 1594 J. Lyly Mother Bombie i. iii. sig. B3 They giue vs pap with a spoon before we can speak, and when wee speake for that wee loue, pap with a hatchet. 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear iv. 240 The shame it selfe doth speake for instant remedie. View more context for this quotation 3. To order; to bespeak; to engage. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > buying > buy [verb (transitive)] > order to speak for ——a1688 order1746 mail-order1968 society > occupation and work > working > labour supply > [verb (transitive)] > hire or employ hirec1000 i-bye10.. i-hirec1000 soldc1386 takea1400 retain1437 wage1465 conduct1476 fee1488 conduce1502 implya1533 entertain1572 enter1585 wager1592 to fill up1598 to take on1611 improve1640 to speak for ——a1688 employa1727 engage1753 ploy1871 to turn on1893 to book up1915 a1688 J. Bunyan Israel's Hope Encouraged in Wks. (1855) I. 583 As your great traders do with the goods that their chapmen have either bought or spoke for. 1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum at Bespeak To speak for something; to give order for it to be made. 1743 W. Ellis Suppl. to London & Country Brewer (ed. 2) 284 The next time he went to the Brew-house to speak for more. 1816 J. Austen Emma I. xv. 273 The bell was rung, and the carriages spoken for. View more context for this quotation 1859 H. B. Stowe Minister's Wooing xii. 115 Three months beforehand, all her days and nights are spoken for. 1943 Sun (Baltimore) 25 Feb. 6/1 (advt.) We hope to preserve even more food this year. But well over half of this season's pack is already spoken for by the Government. 1971 Petticoat 17 July 29/2 He's not married, but he's involved, as they say, spoken for, and has lived with his girlfriend in London for the last few years. 4. To indicate; to betoken. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > [verb (transitive)] tokenc888 sayOE tellc1175 note?c1225 signifyc1275 notifyc1390 signc1390 ossc1400 testify1445 point1477 betoken1486 indike?1541 demonstrate1558 to give show of1567 argue1585 portend1590 speak1594 denotate1597 denote1597 evidence1610 instance1616 bespeak1629 resent1638 indict1653 notificate1653 indicate1706 exhibit1799 to body forth1821 signalize1825 to speak for ——1832 index1862 signal1866 1832 Philol. Museum I. 335 The great mass of evidence that speaks for an intimate affinity between the Pelasgians and the Hellenes. 1852 D. M. Mulock Head of Family III. ii. 31 It may speak very ill for Mr. Græme's knowledge of the world, to confess..he had never been ‘behind the scenes’ of a theatre. 1910 Hirth in Encycl. Brit. VI. 191/1 This does not seem to speak for racial consanguinity. 5. to speak for itself, to be significant or self-evident. (Cf. 15c.) ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > mean [verb (intransitive)] bea1200 understand?c1425 sense1564 interpret1614 magnify1712 to speak for itself1779 to add up to1873 mean1926 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > evident certainty > be self-evident [verb (intransitive)] 'pear1463 to answer for itself1570 speak1689 to speak for itself1779 show1901 1779 J. Warner in J. H. Jesse G. Selwyn & his Contemp. (1844) IV. 213 The letter was not from any of the family, she said, and that speaks for itself. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. viii. 211 But I need not detail them—the fact speaks for itself. 1869 J. Martineau Ess. Philos. & Theol. 2nd Ser. 127 The paragraph..will speak for itself. < as lemmas |
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