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sake

1

[ seyk ]

noun

  1. cause, account, interest, or benefit:

    for the sake of all students.

    Synonyms: , ,

  2. purpose or end:

    for the sake of appearances.

    Synonyms:



sake

2
or 蝉补路办茅, 蝉补路办颈

[ sah-kee ]

noun

  1. a Japanese fermented, mildly alcoholic beverage made from rice.

sake

1

/ 蝉别瑟办 /

noun

  1. benefit or interest (esp in the phrase for ( someone's or one's own ) sake )
  2. the purpose of obtaining or achieving (esp in the phrase for the sake of ( something ))
  3. used in various exclamations of impatience, urgency, etc

    for pete's sake

    for heaven's sake

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

sake

2

/ 藞蝉忙办瑟 /

noun

  1. a Japanese alcoholic drink made from fermented rice
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of sake1

First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English sacu 鈥渓awsuit, cause鈥; cognate with German Sache 鈥渢丑颈苍驳,鈥 Old Norse 蝉谦办 鈥渓awsuit鈥; akin to seek

Origin of sake2

First recorded in 1680鈥90; from Japanese sake; compare Okinawan saki
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of sake1

C13 (in the phrase for the sake of, probably from legal usage): from Old English sacu lawsuit (hence, a cause); related to Old Norse sok, German Sache matter

Origin of sake2

C17: from Japanese
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Idioms and Phrases

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Example Sentences

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"We're not building warehouses for the sake of it," Mrs Bottle said.

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For them, this meant taking every opportunity to stay within and underscore 鈥淪tar Wars鈥 canon and making sure to avoid things that undermined the story or doing things just for the sake of nostalgia.

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鈥淭here鈥檚 a Calvinist streak in the American spirit and nature that is so deeply mistrustful of pleasure. And right now, it鈥檚 coterminous with fascism, where there shouldn鈥檛 be any pleasure for its own sake.鈥

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In an interview with BBC News last year, she said she is determined to prove her innocence for the sake of her son.

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The relentless blood draws, which don't seem to have any relationship to the "therapies" prescribed, feel like cruelty for its own sake.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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