sake的意思|sake的解释-里氏词典

sake [seik]

n. 目的, 缘故, 理由

sake

[ noun ]

a reason for wanting something done

<noun.attribute>

for your sake

died for the sake of his country

in the interest of safety

in the common interest

Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice; usually served hot

<noun.food>

the purpose of achieving or obtaining

<noun.cognition>

for the sake of argument

Sake \Sake\ (s[=a]k), n. [OE. sake cause, also, lawsuit, fault,
AS. sacu strife, a cause or suit at law; akin to D. zaak
cause, thing, affair, G. sache thing, cause in law, OHG.
sahha, Icel. s["o]k, Sw. sak, Dan. sag, Goth. sakj[=o]
strife, AS. sacan to contend, strive, Goth. sakam, Icel. saka
to contend, strive, blame, OHG. sahhan, MHG. sachen, to
contend, strive, defend one's right, accuse, charge in a
lawsuit, and also to E. seek. Cf. {Seek}.]
Final cause; end; purpose of obtaining; cause; motive;
reason; interest; concern; account; regard or respect; --
used chiefly in such phrases as, for the sake of, for his
sake, for man's sake, for mercy's sake, and the like; as, to
commit crime for the sake of gain; to go abroad for the sake
of one's health.

Moved with wrath and shame and ladies' sake. --Spenser.

I will not again curse the ground any more for man's
sake. --Gen. viii.
21.

Will he draw out,
For anger's sake, finite to infinite? --Milton.

Knowledge is for the sake of man, and not man for the
sake of knowledge. --Sir W.
Hamilton.

Note: The -s of the possessive case preceding sake is
sometimes omitted for euphony; as, for goodness sake.
``For conscience sake.'' --1 Cor. x. 28. The plural
sakes is often used with a possessive plural. ``For
both our sakes.'' --Shak.

Sake \Sa"ke\ (s[aum]"k[-e]), n.
a traditional alcoholic drink of Japan. It is made from rice.
[Also spelled {saki}.]
[1913 Webster +PJC]

Saki \Sa"ki\ (s[aum]"k[-e]), n.
The alcoholic drink of Japan. It is made from rice; it is
usually spelled {sake}.
[1913 Webster +PJC]

"My parents named me Peggy Sue, for God's sake.
Instead there are sudden, arbitrary switches for variety's sake, with colourful patches which hark directly back to Stravinsky, and for emphasis some blatant Hollywood effects (scored with unblinking crudity).
"This should be done for the sake of our future, to avoid having a situation when infant mortality its twice that of any civilized country," Yeltsin said.
More important, it is worth envisioning what would happen if the Security Council did, for the sake of regionalism alone, "empower" a country like Brazil.
What is the point of employing questionable practices for the sake of producing a program that is mediocre, but "unique?"
"We decided that punishment, even expulsion, is a risk we would run for the sake of what's right," said the Rev. James Delange, senior pastor at St. Francis.
How could anyone not be amused by this tongue-in-cheek nostalgia for that long-ago time when executives deliberately shattered family relationships for the sake of their careers.
White rice cakes and sake, a rice wine, are symbols of purity, often used as offerings in Shinto and Buddhist ceremonies. Japan's roots in rice farming are also given as a reason for its cultural differences with the west.
It called on the Soviet State Committee for Environmental Protection to begin a "severe struggle against violators of ecological laws." "It should be pointed out for fairness' sake that the ozone layer was not destroyed completely.
Let's hope, for the prime minister's sake, that it's a more profitable affair than last week's so-called private dinner for Gus O'Donnell, the prime minister's outgoing press secretary.
For heavens sake, we're talking the Bill of Rights here.
Later, Joseph had another strange dream _ and he again acted on it for the sake of that child.
Violence, physical and verbal, continues throughout, yet the piece passes a supreme test: never does it become violence for its own sake.
These students rejected the idea of art for art's sake and denounced "bourgeois culture" and fame and fortune for artists.
For the sake of greater compatibility with NATO equipment, it is moving toward requiring all major U.S. weapons systems to be built to metric specifications.
For the record, I have neither Porsche nor pool, nor do I believe in a strike just for the sake of a few bucks.
To some analysts, Capital Cities seems like a natural to buy the sports cable network, just for the sake of having complete ownership.
Corporations have donated hundreds of thousands of dollars and clergymen have devoted sermons to urging their congregations to get involved and vote for the sake of the schools' 410,000 children.
It is only the theatricality of the setting that is occasionally obtrusive and self-conscious, with diptychs and triptychs set up for the sake of it.
But money is not just being spent for the sake of it. First, individual systems face rigorous cost-benefit analysis.
It must use it for the sake of the whole industry.' Mr Marcus I'Anson, a director of UTAX (UK), which imports photocopier machines, says copy plans continue to damage the copier industry and should be strictly controlled.
For the sake of the war effort, and because the war against Hitler was considered a just one, they did what was required of them.
When she became pregnant, doctors urged her for the sake of her health to abort the baby.
That success must be preserved primarily for the sake of the huge populations at risk; but for the richest countries Latin America offers not only growing markets, but badly needed proof that there is, after all, life after debt.
And I believe that for the sake of all our ancient peoples, this new world must be a place both of democratic freedom and of peace.
Valentine's is not a movable feast, nor has it been reassigned for convenience' sake to a Monday.
After the strike, 53 percent of the Spaniards polled by the country's leading daily, El Pais, said they believe Gonzalez should make concessions to the unions for the sake of social peace.
It said 29-year-old Tamara Fotaki was a virtual hostage herself, and accompanied the hijackers onto the plane "in the discharge of her civic duty, for the sake of saving the lives of the 30 school children and their teacher."
Unlike the priests, ministers and rabbis of traditional religion, Dr. Ruth would never counsel abstinence for its own sake, or for the sake of a value higher than sexual fulfillment.
Unlike the priests, ministers and rabbis of traditional religion, Dr. Ruth would never counsel abstinence for its own sake, or for the sake of a value higher than sexual fulfillment.

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