(1) ①send for可表示“(派人或送信)去请(某人)”。
- Send for a doctor, a man has been hurt.
去叫一位医生来,有人受伤了。 - You sent for me, sir?
先生,是你派人去叫我了吗? - Leave this house now, or I will send for the police.
马上离开这间房间,否则我就叫警察了。
②send for还可表示“派人去/来取某物”解。
- Please keep the suitcase until I send for it.
请看管这个手提箱直到我派人来取它。
③send for还可作“邮购物品”解。
- You can send for these seeds at a very cheap price.
你能以非常低廉的价格邮购这些种子。
(2) go for可以表示“(自己)去取、请或买”。
- She has gone for medicine.
她去取药了。 - He is going for a doctor.
他正自己去叫医生。
(3) rush for可作“急忙赶(车等);匆忙去取(某物)”解。
- I saw so many people rushing for the bus that people could hardly get off.
我看见有那么多的人冲向公共汽车,以至车内的人难以下车。