sake

I just like car trips for their own sake.

我只是单纯地喜欢驾车旅行。

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。

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。

Oh, for heaven's sake!

哎哟，天哪！

You've got a computer system, for heaven's sake.

天啊，你已经装了计算机系统。

They stayed together for the sake of the children.

为了孩子，他们还待在一起。

She gave up smoking for the sake of her health.

为保持身体健康，她戒了烟。

Do be careful, for goodness' sake.

千万要小心。

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。

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。

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。

art for art's sake

为艺术而艺术

You can do it. Please, for my sake.

这个你是能做的。求你了，就算为了我。

I believe in education for its own sake.

我相信教育本身就是有价值的。

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。

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%。

Don't get married just for the sake of it .

不要为结婚而结婚。

For goodness sake, why didn't you ring me?...

天哪，为什么你不给我打电话？

For pity's sake, help me!

行行好，帮帮我吧！

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。