behalf

柯林斯詞典

1. PHRASE If you do something on someone's behalf, you do it for that person as their representative. 代表
She made an emotional public appeal on her son's behalf. 她代表兒子作了感動人心的公開呼吁。
2. PHRASE If you feel, for example, embarrassed or angry on someone's behalf, you feel embarrassed or angry for them. 替某人 (感到害羞、憤怒等)
"What do you mean?" I asked, offended on Liddie's behalf. “你什么意思？”我問道，很為莉迪生氣。

The executive of the health workers ' union accepted the proposed pay increase on behalf of their members .
He gave what amounted to an apology on behalf of his company .
What a liberty , to refuse the invitation on your behalf, without even asking you!
He's spending a lot of his time at the moment campaigning on behalf of the Conservative Party.
The company was set up to buy and sell shares on behalf of investors .