spoken for is speak for's Past Participle

speak for

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  • adj.已经有人要；留给某人
  • Web要求得到；代表……讲话；表明
Simple Present：speaks for  Present Participle：speaking for  Past Tense：spoke for  Past Participle：spoken for  

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spoken for
adj.
1.
已经有人要；留给某人already claimed or being kept for sb
I'm afraid you can't sit there─those seats are spoken for.
恐怕您不能坐那儿，那些座位有人预订了。
Liza is already spoken for(= she is already married or has a partner) .
莉莎已名花有主了。

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Definition:
AllAll,已经有人要已经有人要,留给某人留给某人,要求得到要求得到,代表……讲话代表……讲话,表明表明
Category:AllAll,OralOral,WrittenWritten,TitleTitle,TechnicalTechnical
Source:AllAll,DictionaryDictionary,WebWeb
Difficulty:AllAll,EasyEasy,MiddleMiddle,HardHard
1.
The president has spoken for some time of his resolve to help the peacekeeping mission in Darfur.
布什总统一段时间以来一直谈到他决心帮助达尔富尔的维和使命。
bù shí zǒng tǒng yí duàn shí jiān yǐ lái yì zhí tán dào tā jué xīn bāng zhù dá ěr fù ěr de wéi hé shǐ mìng 。
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2.
John and I had not spoken for nearly a month, I break the ice by asking him to marry me.
我跟约翰将近一个月没有说话了，我让他跟我结婚打破了僵局。
wǒ gēn yuē hàn jiāng jìn yī gè yuè méi yǒu shuō huà le , wǒ ràng tā gēn wǒ jié hūn dǎ pò le jiāng jú 。
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3.
My brother and I haven't spoken for years so I've decided to have it out with him and try to be friends again.
我和我兄弟好几年来互不理睬了，因此我已决定和他达成谅解，争取和好。
wǒ hé wǒ xiōng dì hǎo jǐ nián lái hù bù lǐ cǎi le , yīn cǐ wǒ yǐ jué dìng hé tā dá chéng liàng jiě , zhēng qǔ hé hǎo 。
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4.
You will die in a state of grace whether or not special words are spoken for you, or water or oil is poured upon your head.
你会在一种高贵的状态中死去无论有没有一些特殊的词句向你诉说，或者水或油洒在你的头上。
nǐ huì zài yī zhǒng gāo guì de zhuàng tài zhōng sǐ qù wú lùn yǒu mei yǒu yì xiē tè shū de cí jù xiàng nǐ sù shuō , huò zhě shuǐ huò yóu sǎ zài nǐ de tóu shàng 。
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5.
Her aunt Bertram had spoken for her, or Miss Lee had been encouraging her.
她的贝特伦姨妈曾经为她辩护，或者李小姐曾给她鼓励。
tā de bèi tè lún yí mā céng jīng wèi tā biàn hù , huò zhě lǐ xiǎo jiě céng gěi tā gǔ lì 。
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6.
John Travolta's spoken for the first time since the death of his teenage son, to say he's heartbroken.
约翰•屈沃塔在他十几岁的儿子死亡后首次发言，说他已经心碎。
yuē hàn • qū wò tǎ zài tā shí jǐ suì de ér zǐ sǐ wáng hòu shǒu cì fā yán , shuō tā yǐ jīng xīn suì 。
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7.
That may be a gargantuan figure for Ferrari, but we're hearing most of that production run is already spoken for.
这可能是一个庞大的数字，法拉利，但我们听到的大部分生产运行已经谈到的。
zhè kě néng shì yī gè páng dà de shù zì , fǎ lā lì , dàn wǒ men tīng dào de dà bù fen shēng chǎn yùn xíng yǐ jīng tán dào de 。
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8.
They hadn't spoken for nearly a month, when he broke the icebreaker by asking her to marry him.
他们已经有近一个月不讲话了，终于他向她求婚打破了僵局。
tā men yǐ jīng yǒu jìn yī gè yuè bù jiǎng huà le , zhōng yú tā xiàng tā qiú hūn dǎ pò le jiāng jú 。
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9.
Relatives who had not spoken for years smiled at each other and promised to stay in touch.
那些已经许多年不说话的亲戚们相互微笑，并说好要保持联系。
nà xiē yǐ jīng xǔ duō nián bù shuō huà de qīn qi men xiāng hù wēi xiào , bìng shuō hǎo yào bǎo chí lián xì 。
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10.
Unlike in your personal life, the concept of looking around while you're already "spoken for" is perfectly fine.
这与你个人生活不同，在职找工作这样的观念很好。
zhè yǔ nǐ gè rén shēng huó bù tóng , zài zhí zhǎo gōng zuò zhè yàng de guān niàn hěn hǎo 。
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