【问】 _____，the nuclear physicist who produced the first controlled nuclear chain reaction.

A. The naming of the element fermium for Enrice Fermi

B. Enrice Fermi named the element fermium

C. Enrice Fermi's name for the element fermium

D. Fermium was named for Enrice Fermi(TOEFL，82. 11)

答案为D。但是，我查《英语语法大全》，只有name after的用法，而无name for的用法。试题本身是否有误?

【答】 name after是一个常见用法：

1. Her parents named her Sophia after her grandmother.

她父母按她祖母的名字给她起名索菲娅。

2. She was named Sophia after her grandmother.

她是以她祖母索菲娅的名字命名的。

在美国英语里常常使用name for：

1. The college is named for George Washington. (LDCE)

这个学院是以乔治·华盛顿的名字命名的。

2. We named him for his father. (LDCE)

我们用他父亲的名字给他命名。

只有当name作“提名”、“任命”解时，才可以与as连用。例如：

The President named him as Secretary of State. (LDCE)

总统任命他为国务卿。