for one thing-譬如，舉個例子的意思。全句我的理解為：

There was so much to read, for one thing, and so much fine health to be pulled down out of the young breath-giving air.  有太多東西要看了，譬如，就那些新鮮東西（證券之類的書籍，下一句提到）就讓我夠嗆。 

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• 理解角度新穎！ -yingyudidida- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/11/2012 postreply 21:04:32

• 但我拿不準。 -yingyudidida- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/11/2012 postreply 21:05:50

• 聯係上下文，我也拿不準但八九不離十 -sportwoman- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/11/2012 postreply 21:23:56

• "八九不離十"就很準了。~~ 還想看看其他高手是如何解的。 -EnLearner- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/11/2012 postreply 21:35:08

• 我意思是：八九不離十不準。 這才是我的風格。請不要誤會。 -sportwoman- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/11/2012 postreply 22:12:52

• 這裏介紹這本小說的比喻修辭手法breath-giving air 就是比喻，大家可以參考一下啊 -sportwoman- ♀ (210 bytes) () 09/11/2012 postreply 22:50:37

• 至少那個論壇有人與我看法一樣，這個表達用了比喻。不能直接理解空氣之類。 -sportwoman- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/11/2012 postreply 22:53:00

• 回複：for one thing-譬如，舉個例子的意思。全句我的理解為： -EnLearner- ♂ (1243 bytes) () 09/11/2012 postreply 21:07:04

• good one, what about: for one thing ( = a decent job) -yingyudidida- ♂ (211 bytes) () 09/11/2012 postreply 21:17:39

• 它也有for a particular example 之意 -sportwoman- ♀ (134 bytes) () 09/11/2012 postreply 21:21:30

• 回複：good one, what about: for one thing ( = a decent job) -EnLearner- ♂ (1832 bytes) () 09/11/2012 postreply 21:26:23

• 你是聯係了上文，這個應該是聯係下文 -sportwoman- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/11/2012 postreply 21:34:51

• 正如京北提的那句一樣，要看了下一句才知道指的是什麽。 -sportwoman- ♀ (88 bytes) () 09/11/2012 postreply 21:47:16

• Sorry, I have not read that part yet. -EnLearner- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/11/2012 postreply 21:58:16

• im more inclining to literally interpret it which limits full un -yingyudidida- ♂ (463 bytes) () 09/12/2012 postreply 05:15:05