| 词组 | request |
| 释义 | request A number of British commentators, from Fowler 1926 to Longman 1988, and one American, Bernstein 1958, 1965, have objected to the use of for after the verb request. Here is Bernstein's example: • The President has requested Congress for both these powers —N.Y. Times, 28 Feb. 1957 The opinion of all the commentators is that this construction is based on analogy with ask, common in the same construction, and that it is unidiomatic (or incorrect). Another influence may be the noun request, which is common with for: • ... the request for the release of Archbishop Slipyi —Norman Cousins, Saturday Rev., 30 Oct. 1971 At any rate, the construction appears to be rare in print. We have only one example besides those given by Fowler and Bernstein: • ... Prime Minister Attlee has requested President Truman for renewed American efforts —Current History, November 1951 Such usage should not be confused with the use of request with for in a construction like the following, in which request has an impersonal object: • Indian officials requested the area for Indian families —American Guide Series: Minnesota, 1938 The impersonal object can also be followed by of. • ... the machine could begin to request specific things of the child —Johns Hopkins Mag., April 1966 |
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