name after, name for, name as

name after是一个常见用法 name after, name for, name as

　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 name after, name for, name as

:
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 name after, name for, name as

。例如:

The President named him as Secretary of State.(LDCE)　总统任命他为国务卿。