sake

英 [seɪk] 美[seɪk]

英英释义考试真题实用场景例句

近义词intention intent aim plan objective motive reason purpose goal design object view end occasion rationale

n. 目的；利益；理由；日本米酒
n. (Sake)人名；(罗)萨克；(日)酒(姓)

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中文词源

sake 原因，起因，目的

来自古英语 sacu,诉讼，争辩，来自 Proto-Germanic*sako,起诉，事件，事情，来自 PIE*sag,

sake 日本清酒

来自日语（可能是日式汉语）sake,酒，也可发 shu 音，代指清酒 seishu,清酒。比较 shogun, 来自日式汉语将军。

词态变化

复数: sakes;

英文词源

sake: sake: English has two nouns sake. The older, now used only in the expression for the sake of, was originally an independent fully-fledged noun, with a range of meanings including ‘strife’, ‘guilt’, and ‘lawsuit’ [OE]. Its use in for the sake of, which emerged in the 13th century, probably arose out of its legal usage, and thus denoted originally ‘on behalf of a litigant’s case in a lawsuit’.

The word itself came from a prehistoric Germanic *sakō ‘affair, thing, charge, accusation’, which also produced German sache ‘affair, subject, lawsuit’. It is also represented in English forsake [OE], which etymologically means ‘accuse, quarrel with’, hence ‘decline’, and finally ‘give up’; keepsake [18], etymologically something that is kept for the ‘sake’ of the giver; and namesake [17], which probably arose from the notion of two people being linked or associated for the ‘sake’ of their names. Seek is a distant relation. Sake, or saki, ‘rice wine’ [17] was borrowed from Japanese, where it literally means ‘alcohol’.
=> forsake, keepsake, namesake, seek, seize
sake (n.2): "Japanese rice liquor," 1680s, from Japanese sake, literally "alcohol."
sake (n.1): "purpose," Old English sacu "a cause at law, crime, dispute, guilt," from Proto-Germanic *sako "affair, thing, charge, accusation" (cognates: 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" (cognates: Old English secan, Gothic sokjan "to seek;" see seek).

Much of the word's original meaning has been taken over by case (n.1), cause (n.), and it survives largely in phrases for the sake of (early 13c.) and for _______'s sake (c. 1300, originally for God's sake), both probably are from Norse, as these forms have not been found in Old English.

双语例句

1. "For heaven's sake!" Dot expostulated. "They're cheap and they're useful.": “拜托！”多特反驳道，“它们又便宜又管用。”

2. Economic change for its own sake did not appeal to him.: 经济变化本身对他并没有吸引力。

3. For God's sake shut up. I can't hear myself think!: 看在老天爷的份上，闭嘴吧。吵死我了！

4. Well, for Heaven's sake, you don't need to apologize.: 噢,看在上天的份上,你不用道歉.

5. Carol managed a few proper snivels for the sake of appearance.: 为了做做样子，卡萝尔适时地抽了几下鼻子。

英英释意

1. a reason for wanting something done;: "for your sake"; "died for the sake of his country"; "in the interest of safety"; "in the common interest"

2. Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice; usually served hot

3. the purpose of achieving or obtaining;: "for the sake of argument"

考试真题

Student teachers score higher on tests than pupils who're learning only for their own sake.

President Obama will no doubt make the point publicly when he gets to Beijing: the Chinese need to consume more; they need-believe it or not-to become more like Americans, for the sake of the global economy.

So, instead of innovation for innovation's sake and new products being created simply because the technology is there, the company culture must switch from these point-in-time innovations to a continuous pipeline of innovations from everywhere and everyon

We need to make it clear that it's not just change for change's sake.

Follow the track for the sake of plants.

It is only in recent years that we hear It is only in recent years that we hear the more honest argument that predators are members of the community, and that no special interest has the right to exterminate them for the sake of a benefit ,real or fancied ,to itself.

实用场景例句

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！

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

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。

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%。

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！

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

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。

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。

Let's assume for the sake of argument that we manage to build a satisfactory database...: 为了便于讨论，不妨假定我们成功地建立了一个令人满意的数据库。

For the sake of historical accuracy, please permit us to state the true facts...: 为忠于历史，请允许我们阐述真正的事实。

Economic change for its own sake did not appeal to him...: 经济变化本身对他并没有吸引力。

I just like car trips for their own sake.: 我只是单纯地喜欢驾车旅行。

I trust you to do a good job for Stan's sake...: 我拜托你看在斯坦的份上好好干。

Linda knew that for both their sakes she must take drastic action.: 琳达知道，为了他俩，她必须断然行事。

For goodness sake, why didn't you ring me?...: 天哪，为什么你不给我打电话？

You've got a computer system, for heaven's sake.: 天啊，你已经装了计算机系统。

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