behalf: [14] Behalf was compounded from the prefix be- ‘by’ and the noun half, in the sense ‘side’. The latter had been used in such phrases as on my half, that is, ‘on my side, for my part’, since late Old English times, and the new compound began to replace it in the 14th century. (That particular use of half had died out by the end of the 16th century.) The modern sense of ‘representing or in the interests of someone’ was present from the beginning. => half
behalf (n.)
c. 1300, behalve (with dative suffix), from Old English (him) be healfe "by (his) side," and on (his) healfe "on (his) side," from healfe "side" (see half).
雙語例句
1. "What do you mean?" I asked, offended on Liddie's behalf.
“你什麽意思啊？”我問，替利迪感到憤憤不平。
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2. Secret Service officer Robin Thompson spoke on behalf of his colleagues.
特工處官員羅賓·湯普森代表他的同僚發表了講話。
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3. Paratroopers and foot-soldiers entered the building on the government's behalf.
傘兵和步兵代表政府進入大樓。
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4. I thanked my parents for all their self-sacrifice on my behalf.
我感謝父母為我做出的所有自我犧牲。
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5. They asked my father to intercede with the king on their behalf.