| 单词 | to cover for |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto cover for to cover for (a) To cover up for (a wrongdoer): see sense to cover up 4 at Phrasal verbs; (b) to carry out the essential duties of (a fellow employee, esp. a teacher or hospital doctor, absent through sickness, etc.) in addition to one's own job; to act as a substitute for. ΘΚΠ society > education > teaching > [verb (transitive)] > cover a class for a colleague to cover for1968 cover1970 society > occupation and work > working > [verb (transitive)] > relieve (a person) at work spell1595 shift1673 relay1788 to cover for1968 the world > health and disease > healing > art or science of medicine > practice of healing art > practise the healing art [verb (transitive)] > act as substitute for (another doctor) to cover for1968 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > escape observation [verb (intransitive)] > conceal misdeed to cover up1942 to cover for1968 1968 S. Bellow in Playboy Jan. 244/1 She said that Zaikas had covered for Isaac, who was a party to the state-hospital scandal. 1976 Times 30 Mar. 4/1 Yesterday the National Union of Teachers extended to Devon and to Oldham, Lancashire, its campaign of refusing to cover for teachers who are absent for more than three days. 1980 A. Newman Mackenzie 294 I'd had to ring Judy from a call-box and ask her to cover for me, just in case. 1985 Times Educ. Suppl. 25 Jan. 1/1 Teachers who refuse to cover for absent colleagues or attend staff meetings are likely to have pay deducted from now on. < as lemmas |
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