介词for用法归纳小结(5)

　　用法9：对，对于。如：

　　Eggs are good for you.

　　鸡蛋对你有好处。

　　Reading in bed is bad for your eyes.

　　躺在床上看书对你的眼睛不好。

　　Fortunately for me, the train was also late.

　　我很走运，火车也晚点了。

　　用法10：(表适合)适于，适合。如：

　　Do you have any books for children?

　　你有适合小孩子看的书吗?

　　He is the very person for the work.

　　他是最适合做这工作的人。

　　It’s a good place for a camp.

　　那是个露营的好地方。

　　She bought some clothes for winter.

　　她买了些冬天穿的衣服。

　　用法11：(表交换)换，以……作交换。如：

　　He gave her some magazines for her dictionary.

　　他用几本杂志换她的字典。

　　She bought the skirt for .

　　她花了50美元买这条裙子。

　　I bought a pound of apples for 70 cents.

　　我花了七角钱买了一磅苹果。

　　Don’t translate word for word.

　　不要逐字硬译。

　　用法12：作为，当作。如：

　　Don’t take him for a fool.

　　别把他当傻瓜。

　　He mistook a rope for a snake.

　　他把一条绳子误认为是蛇。

　　He knew that for a fact.

　　他知道那是事实。

　　The missing persons were given up for dead.

　　大家都认为那些失踪的人已死了。

　　【用法说明】

　　用于此义时，有时相当于 as, to be, as being，但要注意不同句型的搭配习惯。如：

　　I took him for an honest man. / I took him to be honest.

　　我看他为人老实。

　　It was built for [as] a pleasure boat.

　　这船建作游艇之用。

　　比较：

　　He took her smile for agreement.

　　他把她的微笑视为同意。

　　Will you take me as your partner?

　　你把我看作你的合伙人好吗?

　　按传统语法，take…for… 通常指误认为是……，而 take…as [to be] 则主要指正确地认为是……。但在现代英语中，有时并未完全遵守此规则。

　　但是与 mistake 连用的则通常是 for 而不是 as。如：

　　We mistook the house for a hotel.

　　我们把那房子误以为旅馆。