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behalf

/bih-haf, -hahf/US // bɪˈhæf, -ˈhɑf //UK // (bɪˈhɑːf) //

代表,代表们,代表们的工作

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phrase短语 phrase
  1. 1
    • : in / on behalf of, as a representative of or a proxy for: On behalf of my colleagues, I address you tonight.
    • : in / on someone's behalf, in the interest or aid of: He interceded in my behalf.

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Examples

  • “Basically, I was contacted and asked if an appeal could be opened on my behalf,” she told me from her home in Providence.

  • Companies like Delta, Apple, and Nike flex their political muscle on behalf of gay rights.

  • Yet she spoke of his dignity in such an insane situation and when she touched on his pain she expressed her own on his behalf.

  • Please, Your Excellencies, consider my case with justice and intervene on my behalf.

  • He co-authored the amicus brief filed on behalf of 23 pro-life groups.

  • England proclaimed a rough indignation at the demand for Gibraltar, which Austria had made in behalf of Spain.

  • Before I'd gone five miles the hoodoo that had been working overtime on my behalf got busy again.

  • Above all else he did not want Winifred to know that solicitude in her behalf had drawn him from the path of duty.

  • He was indeed a faithful old servant; but he was quite ignorant of any memorial on his behalf having been sent to the Directors.

  • These misfortunes culminated in an appeal to his countrymen for subscriptions on his behalf in the musical papers.