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| /seɪk/ |
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| 1 | the benefit or good of someone or something 利益；好处 |
| for sb’ s sake We hope for her sake that the wedding goes as planned. 为了她好我们希望婚礼按计划进行。 |
| for the sake of sth The regulation is not just for the protection of the workers, but also for the sake of the whole community. 规定不只是为了保护工人，也是为了整个社区的利益。 |
| for sb’ s own sake I’ m not just doing this for my own sake, you know. 我做这件事不只是为我自己，你知道。 |
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| 2 | the purpose of doing , getting, or achieving something 目的 |
| for the sake of sth I hope you’ re not doing this just for the sake of the money. 我希望你做这件事不只是为了钱。 |
| for sth’ s sake For clarity’ s sake, I’ d like to reword my statement. 为了清楚明了，我要将我的声明改写一下。 |
| | 2a | for the purpose of beginning a discussion 为了便于讨论 | | So let’ s say, just for the sake of argument, that you’ re right. 为了便于讨论，比方说你是对的。 | |
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| - | do sth for its own sake
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| to do something because you enjoy it or think it is important , not because you want to achieve an aim |
| 为某事本身而做某事 |
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| Encourage your children to seek knowledge for its own sake. 鼓励你的孩子为知识而寻找知识。 |
| I’ m not just asking for the sake of it. I need an answer. 我不是为问而问，我需要一个答案。 |
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| - | for God’ s/Christ’ s/goodness’ /Heaven’ s/Pete’ s sake spoken
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| used for emphasizing what you are saying when you are annoyed or angry‘for God’ s sake’ and ‘for Christ’ s sake’ are offensive to some people |
| （用于恼怒时加强语气，for God’s sake 和for Christ’s sake 会冒犯某些人）看在上帝的份上，行行好 |
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| Oh, for goodness’ sake, leave me alone! 噢，行行好，让我独自呆着！ |
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| - | for old times’ sake
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| in order to celebrate or remember an enjoyable past experience |
| 为了老交情；看在旧日情份上 |
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| I still send her a Christmas card every year, for old times’ sake. 看在旧日情份上，我每年还会给她寄一张圣诞卡。 |
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