sake 英 [seɪk] 　 美 [sek]

sake

sake　 英 [seɪk] 美 [sek]

n. 目的；利益；理由；日本米酒　

名词复数:sakes　

After all, we are doing this for the sake of Singaporeans.　其实，这项政策也是以新加坡人的利益为出发点。
If there are people cowboy coding in your company, or even worse—on your team—do everything you can to change that for the sake of your customers.　如果在您的公司（或者更糟糕，在您的团队）存在进行牛仔编码的人员，为了客户的利益着想，您应该竭尽全力地改变这种情况。

  • Sake means the purpose for doing something. You might run a fund-raising marathon for the sake of sick children.
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  • n. 目的；利益；理由；日本米酒

  • 1. After all, we are doing this for the sake of Singaporeans.

    其实，这项政策也是以新加坡人的利益为出发点。

  • 2. If there are people cowboy coding in your company, or even worse—on your team—do everything you can to change that for the sake of your customers.

    如果在您的公司（或者更糟糕，在您的团队）存在进行牛仔编码的人员，为了客户的利益着想，您应该竭尽全力地改变这种情况。

  • 3. She called on us merely for the sake of courtesy.

    她来访只是为了礼貌。

  • sake (n.1) "purpose," Old English sacu "a cause at law, crime, dispute, guilt," from Proto-Germanic *sako "affair, thing, charge, accusation" (source also of Old Norse sök "charge, lawsuit, effect, cause," Old Frisian seke "strife, dispute, matter, thing," Dutch zaak "lawsuit, cause, sake, thing," German Sache "thing, matter, affair, cause"), from PIE root *sag- "to investigate, seek out" (source also of Old English secan, Gothic sokjan "to seek;" see seek).
  • sake (n.2) "Japanese rice liquor," 1680s, from Japanese sake, literally "alcohol."
sake 1 / seɪk ; NAmE seɪk / noun ☞see also sake 2 IDIOMS for Christ's, God's, goodness', heaven's, pity's, etc. ˈsake used to emphasize that it is important to do sth or when you are annoyed about sth （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！ HELP  Some people find the use of Christ, Godor heavenhere offensive. 有人认为此处用 Christ、God 或 heaven 含冒犯意。 for sth's sake because of the interest or value sth 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 for the sake of sb/sth | for sb's/sth's sake in order to help sb/sth or because you like sb/sth 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。 for the sake of sth/of doing sth in order to get or keep sth 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%。 ☞more at old sake sakes sake / seɪk ; NAmE seɪk / sake 2 ( also saki ) / ˈsɑːki ; NAmE ˈsɑːki / noun [uncountable ] a Japanese alcoholic drink made from rice 日本清酒 ☞see also sake 1 sake sakes sake / ˈsɑːki ; NAmE ˈsɑːki /
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