单词 | for its own sake |
释义 | for its own sakefor its own sake (also something for something’s sake) if something is done for its own sake, it is done for the value of the experience itself, not for any advantage it will bring 鉴于某事本身的价值,为某事本身的缘故 art for art’s sake 为艺术而艺术 Examples from the Corpus for its own sake• This is an uneven show, driven by a concept that puts too much value on the different for its own sake.• I can still aim at goodness for its own sake.• Remember what Edward Abbey wrote about growth for its own sake.• But Rothermere and Beaverbrook were not principally interested in the issue for its own sake.• The content of education must therefore be that which men would wish to know for its own sake.• Our mission is three-fold: To undertake basic research to advance knowledge for its own sake.• Are you on the side of progress, or just plain old protest for its own sake?• But Victor Amadeus seems to have had little interest in scholarship for its own sake.• Weber says he is interested in writing for its own sake - an uncommon attitude in Hollywood these days. → for its own sake at sake1(4) |
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