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

• In the competition of economic globalization, there is nothing more terrible than losing cultural identity. It's the surviving root for a country or nation to possess its own culture.
  在经济全球化的竞争中，没有什么比文化认同的失去更加可怕，对于一个国家和民族而言，拥有自己的文化是其安身立命的根本。
• 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。
• 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。
• On game day, fans always root for their favorite team.
  比赛日，球迷总是支持他们最爱的球队。
• 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。
• Good luck, we'll be rooting for you
  祝你好运，我们会支持你的。
• 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。
• This is a team that you can root for.
  不管怎么说，我们是一支值得去支持的球队。
• 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。
• 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！