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for Christ's, God's, goodness', heaven's, pity's, etc. sake
- (强调重要或表示恼火)看在上帝份上,天哪,行行好吧,千万
used to emphasize that it is important to do sth or when you are annoyed about sth
- 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!
for sth's sake
- 为某事本身的缘故;鉴于某事本身的价值
because of the interest or value sth has, not because of the advantages it may bring
- 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
for the sake of sb/sth
for sb's/sth's sake
- 为了某人(或某事)起见;因某人(或某事)的缘故
in order to help sb/sth or because you like sb/sth
- 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。
for the sake of sth/of doing sth
- 为获得(或保持)某物
in order to get or keep sth
- The translation sacrifices naturalness for the sake of accuracy.
这篇译文为求准确而不惜牺牲自然流畅。 - She gave up smoking for the sake of her health.
为保持身体健康,她戒了烟。 - Don't get married just for the sake of it .
不要为结婚而结婚。 - Let's suppose, for the sake of argument (= in order to have a discussion) , that interest rates went up by 2%.
为了便于讨论,不妨设想利率提高了2%。
for old times' sake
- 看在旧日的情分上;念及老交情
if you do sth for old times' sake , you do it because it is connected with sth good that happened to you in the past