用中文说: "To go to bat for"

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To go to bat for

【中文】给某人帮助、支持

    gěi mǒurén bāngzhù, zhīchí 

【解释】To give help or support to someone or something.

【例句】

- I am going to run for the chief of office, I need you to go to bat for me.

 我要竞聘办公室主任一职，需要你支持我。

 Wǒ yào jìngpìn bàngōngshì zhǔrèn yī zhí, xūyào nǐ zhīchí wǒ.

- Even though he did wrong, his mother would always go to bat for him. I call this blind love.

 哪怕他做错了，他妈妈也总是为他辩护，我把这种做法叫盲目的爱。

 Nǎpà tā zuò cuò le ，tā māma yě zǒng shì wéi tā biànhù ，wǒ bǎ zhèzhǒng zuòfǎ jiào mángmù de ài.