do duty for meaning in English
代...履行职务
当...用
当…用,起作用
当做
Examples
- An old wooden box did duty for a table .
把旧木箱当作桌子。 - She imagined herself a belated traveler, a poor girl, an outcast, quenching her thirst at the wayside brook, her little packet of cresses doing duty for a bundle of clothes .
她想象自己是一个日暮无归处的旅人，一个穷姑娘，一个流浪汉在路旁小溪内喝水解渴，那一小包水田芹就权充衣包。 - An old wooden box did duty for a table
把旧木箱当作桌子 - Two boards , placed near one another and covered with oilcloth , did duty for dressing tables
有两块木板并排放着，上面都盖着一块漆布，是当着梳妆台用的。