sake1
noun /seɪk/
/seɪk/
Idioms 词源Old English sacu ‘contention, crime’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zaak and German Sache, from a base meaning ‘affair, legal action, thing’. The phrase for the sake of may be from Old Norse.
Idioms
for Christ’s, God’s, goodness’, heaven’s, pity’s, etc. sake
- used to emphasize that it is important to do something or when you are annoyed about something
（强调重要或表示恼火）看在上帝分上，天哪，行行好吧，千万 - Do be careful, for goodness' sake.
千万要小心。 - Oh, for heaven's sake!
哎哟，天哪！ - For pity's sake, help me!
行行好，帮帮我吧！
- Do be careful, for goodness' sake.
for old times’ sake
- if you do something for old times’ sake, you do it because it is connected with something good that happened to you in the past
看在旧日的情分上；念及老交情
for something’s sake
- because of the interest or value something has, not because of the advantages it may bring
为某事本身的缘故；鉴于某事本身的价值 - I believe in education for its own sake.
我相信教育本身就是有价值的。 - art for art’s sake
为艺术而艺术
- I believe in education for its own sake.
for the sake of somebody/something | for somebody’s/something’s sake
- in order to help somebody/something or because you like somebody/something
为了某人（或某事）起见；因某人（或某事）的缘故 - They stayed together for the sake of the children.
为了孩子，他们还待在一起。 - You can do it. Please, for my sake.
这个你是能做的。求你了，就算为了我。 - I hope you're right, for all our sakes (= because this is important for all of us).
我希望你没事，这对我们大家都好。
- They stayed together for the sake of the children.
for the sake of something
- in order to get or keep something
为获得（或保持）某物 - The translation sacrifices naturalness for the sake of accuracy.
这篇译文为求准确而牺牲了自然流畅。 - She gave up smoking for the sake of her health.
为保持身体健康，她戒了烟。 - Let's suppose, for the sake of argument (= in order to have a discussion), that interest rates went up by 2 per cent.
为了便于讨论，我们假设利率上升了2%。
- The translation sacrifices naturalness for the sake of accuracy.
(just) for the sake of it
- for no particular reason
无缘无故 - Don't get married just for the sake of it.
不要为结婚而结婚。
- Don't get married just for the sake of it.