speak for

基本解釋

After that they did not speak for a while.
那夜過后的一段時間內，他們再沒說過一句話。
But if we do not speak out now, there will be no one left to speak for those who cannot, whether they be ethnic minorities, the disadvantaged or the persecuted.
但是如果我們現在不勇敢地說出來，就再不會有人為少數民族，為殘疾人，為罪犯，為那些不能為自己說話的人呼吁了。
The State of the Union is not only the Presidents chance to speak for an unfiltered hour to the American people each year; it is also one of the most important rituals in American politics.
每年的國情咨文不僅給了總統一個機會，可以插播其它內容地向美國人民講一個小時的話，它也是美國政治中最重要的例行公事之一。

I speak for the return of that general feeling of agreement which makes the blessings of this union so special to us all."
Yeats, I said, wanted to speak for and to the Irish people, as well as to explain Ireland and Irishness to an English-speaking world abroad.
我認為，葉芝，想為愛爾蘭人寫詩，并把愛爾蘭及其民族特色,介紹給整個英語世界。
耶魯公開課 - 現代詩歌課程節(jié)選
He couldn't speak for five minutes without cursing.
超不過五分鐘就會咒罵一句
耶魯公開課 - 心理學導論課程節(jié)選

And neither the Vice President -- well, I will speak for the Vice President.
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