behalf

n. 代表；利益

中文词源

behalf 代表

前缀be-, 强调，在。half, 半，边。在另一边的，代表另一方利益的。

behalf: 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).

1. "What do you mean?" I asked, offended on Liddie's behalf.: “你什么意思啊？”我问，替利迪感到愤愤不平。

2. Secret Service officer Robin Thompson spoke on behalf of his colleagues.: 特工处官员罗宾·汤普森代表他的同僚发表了讲话。

3. Paratroopers and foot-soldiers entered the building on the government's behalf.: 伞兵和步兵代表政府进入大楼。

4. I thanked my parents for all their self-sacrifice on my behalf.: 我感谢父母为我做出的所有自我牺牲。

5. They asked my father to intercede with the king on their behalf.: 他们请我父亲为他们向国王求情。