act for

代表（某人），代替（某人）执行某公务

My parents did this magic act for five years.(我父母表演这套把戏长达五年之久。)

And that means corporate directors and executives are starting to worry about being sued under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act for bungling the job.(这意味这企业董事和执行官们开始担心在萨班斯—奥克·斯里法案下由于工作不力而遭受起诉。)

For us ordinary people, we are our own agent; we act for ourselves.(对我们普通老百姓，我们是自己的代理人；我们为自己干活。)

He could be fined, or worse. He could also be charged under the Official Secrets Act for publishing interviews with Darshan Singh, the now-retired hangman in the book's title.(他有可能面临罚款或更糟的情形，还可能会因出版对达山星——即书标题中所提及退休刽子手——的采访，被控触犯《官方保密法》。)

"Every act for which he was prosecuted was undertaken for the purpose of protecting Enron and promoting its share value," his lawyers point out.(他的律师指出，“他被起诉的每一项罪名都是为保护安然公司，提升其股票价值而造成的。”)

And people always tell me that I should believe animals are rational because they act for reasons.(人们总是告诉我要相信，动物很理性，因为它们的行动也有原因。)

It is rather an absolute and final act for which there is no remedy on earth or in heaven.(这是一种绝对的、最终的行为，不管在人间和天堂都没有补救办法。)

I have authorized him to act for me while I am away.(我已授权他在我外出时代理我的职务。)

Programming is hard indeed, but not at all as difficult as life of a crook or joker who pretend, lie and act for living.(编程的确很难，但比起那些需要伪装、欺骗和表演来生活的恶棍或者小丑来说，真的一点也不难。)

Humans are rational because they act for reasons.(人类理性是因为他们行动是有理由的。)

1. 代理：accuse sb. of sth. 控告(某人某事) | act for 代理 | act on 按照...而行动

2. 代理......,为......尽力：act as 担任......职务 | act for 代理......,为......尽力 | act on 按照......行为,对......起作用

3. 二：一、acount for | 二、act for | 三、act on

4. act for

4. 代表：account for 占,说明,解释 | act for 代表 | act on 实行,其作用