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for1 /fə; strong fɔː $ fər strong fɔːr/ ●●● S1 W1 prepositionprep   → four, fore
1  PROVIDEused to say who is intended to get or use something, or where something is intended to be used 给，对〔表示对象或用途〕
 I’ve got a present for you.
我有件礼物送给你。
 Someone left a message for Vicky.
有人给维基留了言。
 an English course for foreign students
为外国学生开的一门英语课程
 We need a new battery for the radio.
我们的收音机需要一节新电池。
 These chairs are for the office.
这些椅子是办公室的。
2  INSTEADin order to help someone or something 为了，以帮助
 I looked after the kids for them.
我为他们照看孩子。
 Let me carry that bag for you.
我来给你拿那个包吧。
 The doctor knew that there was nothing he could do for her.
医生知道自己无能为力，帮不了她。
 Charles died fighting for his country.
查尔斯在战斗中为国捐躯。
 What can I do for you (=used to ask a customer if you can help them)?
我可以帮您做点什么？
3  PURPOSEused to say what the purpose of an object, action etc is 为了，供〔表示目的〕
for doing something
 a knife for cutting bread
切面包的刀子
 What did you do that for?
你那样做是为了什么？
 I’ve bought him a watch for his birthday.
我给他买了块手表作为生日礼物。
 the documents prepared for his defence
为给他辩护而准备的文件
5 GRAMMER 语法
Do not use for before a to-infinitive to say what the purpose of an action is. Use in order to , or just a to-infinitive. 表示某一行为的目的时，不要将for用在带to的不定词之前，而要用in order to或直接用不定式
They wanted to raise money in order to build up the business (NOT不用 ... for to build up the business).
他们想筹集资金创业。
She went downtown to do some shopping.
她去市中心购物。
n GRAMMAR: Comparison
for doing something
You say that something is for doing a particular thing:
This is for pulling up weeds.
✗Don’t say: This is for to pull up weeds.
in order to do something
You say that someone does something in order to do a particular thing:
They borrowed money in order to build up the business.
✗Don’t say: They needed money for to build up the business.
to do something
You say that someone does something to do a particular thing:
She went downtown to do some shopping.
✗Don’t say: She went downtown for to do some shopping.
4  PURPOSEin order to have, do, get, or obtain something 为了要；为了做；为了得到
5  TIME/HOW LONGused to say how long an action or situation continues for 达，计〔表示动作或情况持续的时间〕
6  DISTANCEused to talk about distance 达，计〔表示距离〕
7  TIME THAT IS PLANNEDif something is arranged for a particular time, it is planned that it should happen then 在…时间〔表示安排〕
8  TOWARDSused to say where a person, vehicle etc is going 往，向〔表示去向〕
9  COSTused to say what the price or value of something is 达，计〔表示价格或价值〕
10  BECAUSEbecause of or as a result of something 由于，因为
11  ABOUTused to say which thing or person your statement or question is related to 对于〔表示陈述或问题的对象〕
12  used to say which person or thing your feelings are directed towards 对于〔表示情感表露的对象〕
13  used to say at which meal you eat something 当作〔表示食物在哪一餐吃〕
14  CONNECTED WITHused to say which company, team etc you belong to 受雇于；效力于
15  SUPPORT A PERSON, GROUP, OR PLANsupporting or in agreement with something or someone 支持，拥护；赞同
16  MEANINGused to say what a word or sign means 〔词语或标志〕表示，意思是
17  THINK ABOUTused to say that a particular quality of someone or something is surprising when you consider what they are 就…而言〔表示某种特点令人惊讶〕
18  as a representative of other people 代表
19  used to say what is possible, difficult, necessary, unusual etc 对〔某人〕来说〔可能、困难、必须、不寻常等〕
20  for each/every used to say that there is a relationship between one amount and another 每…就有
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for each/every• In 1988 for every 25 writs issued, one case was determined by trial.• There is a different price factor for each eligible bond and for each delivery month.• Whole groups of state-owned enterprises would be sold, with the Council of Ministers being responsible for each enterprise on offer.• She cautioned that for every fire reported, eight go unreported, because local jurisdictions can contain them without help.• Log files are kept for every log-in session for every student management system user.• The metric tensor requires one transformation for each of its indices.• We identified the actions that you originally saw as negative for each person on the management committee.• Separate assessment instruments for each unit?
21  something is not for somebody used to say that something is not the kind of thing that someone likes or will enjoy 某事物不合某人之意
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something is not for somebody• Such outright activism is not for every think tank.• Cancun is not for hardened travellers.• This business is not for him.• However, it is not for me or you to presume upon the gentleman's intentions.• In fact take my body who will, take it I say, it is not for me.• In a news release, Spreckels's board reaffirmed its position that the company is not for sale.• Job sharing is not for the faint hearted: it demands complete commitment.• The money is not for top-heavy administration but for research.
22  it is (not) for somebody to do something used to say whether it is someone’s right or duty to do something （不）应该由某人来做某事
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it is (not) for somebody to do something• If one can notice the absence of something one must already know what it is for things to be absent.• All the work in this approach must go into a persuasive account of what it is for reasons to be conclusive.• How important it is for them to build theories out of what they see and think.• Look how difficult it is for women to get on in the medical or legal profession!• I can tell him how important it is for us to have a home of our own.
23  if it wasn’t/weren’t for somebody/something  (also if it hadn’t been for somebody/something)IF used to say who or what prevents or prevented something from happening 要不是某人/某物
24  that’s/there’s somebody/something for you! spoken
25  be (in) for it BLAME spoken to be likely to be blamed or punished 要挨骂；要受罚
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be (in) for it• Gladstone, Cobden and Bright were for it.• Literacy is a lot like motherhood; everybody claims to be for it.• Oh no, Carla groaned, now she was in for it.• The businessmen of Seattle are for it.• We do not know what legal or moral basis there was for it.• West Coast shippers are for it.• Whatever you picked, you were in for it.• Life's so fantastic that my number one wish is for it to stay that way.
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for• He placed an order for 200 copies.• Daniel's been complaining of a stomach ache for a couple of days.• a check for a hundred dollars• Alison is looking for a job.• I've known Kim for a long time.• I hadn't seen Tim for a while, and I was surprised by how much weight he'd gained.• "How long did you live in Spain?" "Oh, for about three years."• Are the Gardiners coming for dinner tonight?• I get £35 for each shift, plus tips.• Amelia worked for Exxon until last year.• I'm babysitting for Jo on Friday night.• For more information, write to the address below.• How many people voted for Mulhoney?• I made an appointment for October 18th.• For someone who is supposed to have very good taste, Jo wears some strange clothes.• He writes for the "Washington Post".• I only worked there for three months.• I usually leave for work at 7:30.• I have a present for you.• Congratulations! I'm really happy for you.
for doing something• Mia got a ticket for driving through a red light.
be all for (doing) something• The daredevil group, on the contrary, led by my cousin Ahmad, was all for meeting her.• But it was all for naught, anyway.• But in the end it was all for nothing, because I got pregnant anyway.• And it was all for nothing.• But steelworkers, desperate, unemployed, do not know any of this: they think it is all for real.• Terry was all for starting at once with the twenty dollars I had left.• He was all for the idea, and we exchanged addresses.• That will be all for today.
for somebody/something to do something• I left my coat for it to be cleaned.• It's unusual for it to be so cold in June.• He must have had some bad news for him to be so quiet.• It's too difficult for me to explain.• There's nothing worse than for a parent to hit a child.• It's easy for a computer to keep a record of this information.• The plan is for us to leave on Friday to pick up Joe.• The cat is too high in the tree for me to reach her.• The dolphin was near enough for me to reach out and touch it.
for2 ●●○ conjunction formal  
ALBECAUSEused to introduce the reason for something 因为 SYN because
 I cannot tell whether she is old or young, for I have never seen her.
我不知道她是年老还是年轻，因为我从没见过她。
 He found it increasingly difficult to read, for his eyesight was beginning to fail.
他觉得阅读越来越费劲，因为他的视力开始衰退了。
Examples from the Corpus
for• He found it increasingly difficult to read, for his eyes were failing.
From Longman Business Dictionary
FORFOR
TRANSPORTabbreviation for FREE ON RAIL
→ see under Incoterm
Origin for1
Old English
for1 prepositionprep
→10-25
→20-25

→n GRAMMAR1 →5 REGISTER1for2 conjunction
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