speak for

基本解释

After that they did not speak for a while.
那夜过后的一段时间内，他们再没说过一句话。
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.
但是如果我们现在不勇敢地说出来，就再不会有人为少数民族，为残疾人，为罪犯，为那些不能为自己说话的人呼吁了。
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.
每年的国情咨文不仅给了总统一个机会，可以插播其它内容地向美国人民讲一个小时的话，它也是美国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.
我认为，叶芝，想为爱尔兰人写诗，并把爱尔兰及其民族特色,介绍给整个英语世界。
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He couldn't speak for five minutes without cursing.
超不过五分钟就会咒骂一句
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And neither the Vice President -- well, I will speak for the Vice President.
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