动 do,act,serve as,act as;介 (跟“所”字合用,表示被动) by;名 (姓氏) a surname;
[例句] 该行为公然违背了《维也纳公约》。 The action is an open violation of the Vienna Convention.
[例句] 他被指控为英国间谍,入狱关押了5年。 He was jailed for five years as an alleged British spy.
action,behaviour,conduct,deed,behavior ;
[例句] 关键问题是4名被告是否存在欺诈行为。 The key issue was whether the four defendants acted dishonestly.
[例句] 她在自己熟悉的领域里对自己的行为有十足的把握。 On her own ground she knows exactly what she's doing.
artificial,man-made ;
[例句] 他决定为在澳大利亚西部人为导致荒芜的土地上重新造林做点事情。 He decided to do something about reforesting man-made wastes of western Australia.
[例句] 其中一位新闻记者询问是否有人为破坏的可能性。 One of the journalists queried whether sabotage could have been involved.
feel embarrassed,feel awkward,make things difficult for,baffle,bewilderment ;
[例句] 她接受了这个令人为难的差事,负责打头几个电话。 She had the unenviable task of making the first few phone calls.
[例句] 好吧,也许我在那件事上使你为难了。 Well, maybe I stumped you on that one.
think,consider,deem;
[例句] 专家们认为目前通货膨胀加剧有多种原因。 Specialists see various reasons for the recent surge in inflation.
[例句] 他的反对者们认为他固执、教条、僵化。 His opponents viewed him as stubborn, dogmatic, and inflexible.
conduct,deed,accomplish,do sth. worthwhile,by way of ;
[例句] 《古兰经》劝告人们在朝圣前斋戒,以作为一种补赎。 The Koran recommends fasting as a penance before pilgrimages.
[例句] 他靠每周领取的作为病残养老金的直接转账救济支票过日子。 He lived on an invalidity pension which came as a weekly giro.
because,for,on account of,owing to,[电影]Because;
[例句] 委员会最近因为介入该起争端而遭到批评。 The council recently drew fire for its intervention in the dispute.
[例句] 他因为对一位同事动粗而被开除了。 He was fired from his job after roughing up a colleague.
why,for what reason,what for,wherefore ;
[例句] 关于工业为何陷入困境正在展开一场全面的讨论。 A full-scale debate is under way on what ails the industry.
[例句] 我想,这就是我为何不远千里赶来的原因。 I thought, this is why I've travelled thousands of miles.
think,believe,consider,conceive,feel ;
[例句] 我们通常以为被拦路抢劫的受害者是老年人。 We usually think of a victim of mugging as being someone elderly.
[例句] 我们本以为他会采取更负责的态度。 We would have thought he would have a more responsible attitude.
sex instinct act,sexual behaviour,sexuality erotism ;
[例句] 正常的和变态的性行为 sexual acts, normal and perverted
[例句] 他被判定与一名未成年少女发生非法性行为. He was convicted of having unlawful sex with an underage girl.
promising,yu-wei ;
[例句] 零售商有为他们提供符合要求的货品的法定义务. Retailers have a statutory duty to provide goods suitable for their purpose.
[例句] 这正是男子汉发奋有为之时! This is the time for stout fellows to prove their worth!
why,why is it that,how is it that,forwhy,whereto ;
[例句] 不知为什么他讲这些故事时一点都不害怕。 Somehow he tells these stories without a note of horror.
[例句] 我真的不明白为什么要改变它。 I really don't see any reason for changing it.
become,turn into,prove to be ;
[例句] 你是什么样的人和你想成为什么样的之间的差距就是,你做了什么。 The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do.
[例句] 他领受了坚振礼,成为英国国教会的一员。 He was confirmed as a member of the Church of England.
behave,conduct oneself,behaviour,conduct,humanness ;
[例句] 他为人刻薄、难相处是出了名的。 He had a reputation for being bloody-minded and difficult.
[例句] 他话不多,很有礼貌,为人谦和。 He's a man of few words, very polite and unassuming.
for,for the sake of,in order to,by way of,in the interest of ;
[例句] 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。 For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?
[例句] 为了摆脱媒体的关注,这对新人在加勒比喜结连理。 The couple married in the Caribbean to avoid a media circus.
jolly,plaguy ;
[例句] 戴利主教说他听到红衣主教去世的消息后感到极为震惊和难过。 Bishop Daly said he was devastated by news of the Cardinal's death.
[例句] 他工作极为投入,会从早上七点一刻一直干到晚上九十点。 He works obsessively from 7.15 am to 9 or 10 at night.
count,regard,[法] deemed to be,treat ;
[例句] 人群为了被视为最值得拥有的物品涌入屋里。 The crowd moved indoors for what were deemed the most desirable items.
[例句] 他一直都被视为异类,无人理睬,形单影只。 He had always been an outcast, unwanted and alone.
intitule,[经] term ;
[例句] 那些牺牲者被称为波兰男子中的精英。 Those killed have been described as the flower of Polish manhood.
[例句] 她将这一判决称为真理对谬误的胜利。 She called the verdict a victory of truth over falsehood.
[财]act of accession ;
[例句] 她在自己熟悉的领域里对自己的行为有十足的把握。 On her own ground she knows exactly what she's doing.
[例句] 若有犯罪或不道德的行为,他们就会被解雇。 They would be sacked for criminal or scandalous behaviour.
[法] arch,first,principal ;
[例句] 为首的那个自行车手很快就要从那个转角处绕过来! The leading cyclist will be coming round that corner any minute now!
[例句] 只要为首的一条猎犬失去嗅觉, 另外一条就会叫起来. Let the leading hound lose the scent, then another shall give tongue.