root for

英 [ruːt fɔː(r)]

美 [ruːt fɔːr]

支持; 为…鼓劲

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 支持;为…鼓劲
  If youare rooting forsomeone, you are giving them your support while they are doing something difficult or trying to defeat another person.
  1. Good luck, we'll be rooting for you...
     祝你好运，我们会支持你的。
  2. It's one of those movies in which you're forced to root for the villain.
     这是那种让人不得不为坏人叫好的电影。

英英释义

verb

• take sides with
  1. We all rooted for the home team
  2. I'm pulling for the underdog
  3. Are you siding with the defender of the title?
  Synonym:pull

双语例句

• But the Chinese won't have their own team to root for.
  但是中国球迷却没有自己真正需要支持的球队。
• I want you all to root for the Labour candidate in the election.
  我希望你们都在选举中支持工党候选人。
• Unable to configure an application root for the offline web.
  无法为脱机web配置应用程序根。
• The debugger could not find the application root for the project.
  调试器找不到项目的应用程序根。
• But you leave the soft root for our taking.
  但你们留下了为我们所用的软弱基础。
• At root for Hong Kong is its policy on exchanging information with a number of other nations.
  香港的问题根源是其与诸多其他国家信息交流的政策。
• We believe language learning is fundamental and root for children with Chinese background to understand and appreciate Chinese Culture.
  我们相信语言的学习是对有中国背景的小朋友了解和感知中华文化的基础和源泉。
• And why would you root for me?
  你为什么站在我这边？
• He is not likely to succeed in the election because very few voters root for him.
  他不大可能在竞选中获胜，因为支持他的选民寥寥无几。
• Even if this is a joke, it's still a good enough reason to root for Team USA.
  虽然这只是个玩笑，但作为支持美国队的理由来说，足够了！