name after, name for, name as

name after, name for, name as

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。