英语单词 | sake |
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英美音标 | 英 [seɪk] 美 [seɪk] |
中文释义 | n.理由;缘故;目的;利益 |
英语例句 | (1) He is away all year for the sake of his work. (2) You should take care of your niece for the sake of your sister. (3) Never do wrong for the sake of money. (4) It's the company's policy to sacrifice short-term profits for the sake of long-term growth. |
中文例句 | (1) 因工作关系,他整年出门在外。 (2) 看在姐妹的份上,你应该照顾你的侄女。 (3) 绝不要为金钱而做坏事。 (4) 为长期发展而牺牲短期利润是公司的方针。 |
vocabulary简明 | Sake means the purpose for doing something. You might run a fund-raising marathon for the sake of sick children. |
vocabulary扩展 | Sake comes from the old English term for "affair," or "cause of guilt." We usually use sake to talk about the motivating cause of something we do. You might study hard for the sake of your grades. But then again, you might blow off your studies for the sake of having fun. Spelled the same way, but pronounced SAH-key, sake is also the name of a Japanese alcoholic drink made from fermented rice. |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [PHRASE 短语]由于;为了;因为…的缘故 If you do something for the sake of something, you do it for that purpose or in order to achieve that result. You can also say that you do it for something's sake . [PHR n]
2 [PHRASE 短语]为…本身的缘故;鉴于…本身的价值 If you do something for its own sake, you do it because you want to, or because you enjoy it, and not for any other reason. You can also talk about, for example, art for art's sake or sport for sport's sake . [usu n PHR]
3 [PHRASE 短语]看在…份上;为了帮助(某人) When you do something for someone's sake, you do it in order to help them or make them happy. [N inflects]
4 [PHRASE 短语](用于加强请求、疑问的语气或表示厌烦、恼怒)看在上帝份上,天哪,行行好,拜托 Some people use expressions such as for God's sake ,for heaven's sake ,for goodness sake, or for Pete's sake in order to express annoyance or impatience, or to add force to a question or request. The expressions 'for God's sake' and 'for Christ's sake' could cause offence. [N inflects] [feelings] [INFORMAL 非正式]
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