sake

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n. 目的, 缘故, 理由

发音

US /ˈseɪk/

词形变化

sakes 复数

释义与例句

n. C1 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    Cause, interest or account.

    For the sake of argument

  2. 2.

    Purpose or end; reason.

    For old times' sake

  3. 3.

    The benefit or regard of someone or something.

    2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 242a-b. But it will be for your sake that we'll undertake to refute this thesis, […]

  4. 4.

    Contention, strife; guilt, sin, accusation or charge.

  5. 1.

    Alternative spelling of saké.

    可数 不可数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

interest saki

上位词 10

purpose design alcohol aim benefit intention welfare intent alcoholic beverage inebriant

下位词 1

behalf

整体词 1

rice

相关短语

for the sake of 为...缘故, 为...起见, 为了某人, 为...目的, 为了...的利益 for Pete's sake 娇妻摆乌龙；天啊；看在老天的份上 for God's sake 看在上帝面上, 千万, 看在老天爷份上, 务请 sake bomb sake and soke sake bombs sake set sake sets soc and sac for sake of for land's sake alive for the land's sake alive land's sake alive land sake alive for the hell of it 开玩笑, 闹着玩

词源

From Middle English sake (“sake, cause”), from Old English sacu (“cause, lawsuit, legal action, complaint, issue, dispute”), from Proto-West Germanic *saku, from Proto-Germanic *sakō (“affair, thing, charge, accusation, matter”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- (“to investigate”). Akin to West Frisian saak (“cause; business”), Low German Saak, Dutch zaak (“matter; cause; business”), German Sache (“thing; matter; cause; legal cause”), Danish sag, Swedish and Norwegian sak, Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌺𐌾𐍉 (sakjō, “dispute, argument”), Old English sōcn (“inquiry, prosecution”), Old English sēcan (“to seek”). More at soke, soken, seek.

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