for his sake? Come, the truth." "Yes, for his sake, at least partly." "And for your own sake, too? Come now, none of that. Never mind the blushing." "Yes, for my own sake, too." "Chiefly for your own sake?" "No, I do not think so. Chiefly I wish to help him." "Then why not go?" Ah, this is a poser. She looks herself fairly in the eye, distinctly puzzled. Why should she not simply go to him and help him through a bad hour? With searching, deliberate persistence she demanded an answer.英文原著 · 《The Major》
Is it for your own sake--for the sake of your family--for whose sake? Do you think your songs worth listening to? Answer!"英文原著 · 《Concerning Letters》
Callicles and I are agreed about that. And is the pleasant to be pursued for the sake of the good? or the good for the sake of the pleasant? The pleasant is to be pursued for the sake of the good. And that is pleasant at the presence of which we are pleased, and that is good at the presence of which we are good? To be sure. And we-good, and all good things whatever are good when some virtue is present in us or them? That, Callicles, is my conviction.英文原著 · 《Gorgias》
But does he therefore value the three measures of wine, or the earthen vessel which contains them, equally with his son? Is not this rather the true state of the case? All his anxiety has regard not to the means which are provided for the sake of an object, but to the object for the sake of which they are provided. And although we may often say that gold and silver are highly valued by us, that is not the truth; for there is a further object, whatever it may be, which we value most of all, and for the sake of which gold and all our other possessions are acquired by us. Am I not right?英文原著 · 《Lysis》
"Yes, the school. For Mr. Horner's sake, for Mr. Gray's sake, and last, not least, for this lad's sake, I will give the new plan a trial. Ask Mr. Gray to come up to me this afternoon about the land he wants. He need not go to a Dissenter for it. And tell your father he shall have a good share in the building of it, and Tommy shall carry the mortar."英文原著 · 《My Lady Ludlow》
ROBERTS. For my wife's sake, for everybody's sake--for the sake of Mr. Anthony.英文原著 · 《Strife》
Well, Brad is giving us seduction like his name sake and Angelina is giving us nothing like her name sake.美剧 · 《2 Broke Girls》
God's sakes, just tell her before she tells us we're gonna wind up in some disgusting apartment,美剧 · 《2 Broke Girls》
I know this is a touchy subject, but for your own sake, this brings us back to the subject of recusal.美剧 · 《Billions》
Oh, for Christ's sake, rip the Band-Aid off. Come on.美剧 · 《Billions》