sake是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 缘故; 目的，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《海底两万里》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- "That is evident," I replied; "and for the sake of archaeologists let us hope that these excavations will be made sooner or later, when new towns are established on the isthmus, after the construction of the Suez Canal; a canal, however, very useless to a vessel like the Nautilus."
-- "Only," continued the Captain, "I advise you for your own sake not to miss the creature."
在戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯的《恋爱中的女人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- He lives for the sake of that Brocken spectre, the reflection of himself in the human opinion.
-- It seemed to him Gerald was talking for the sake of talking.
-- It was not for the sake of money that Gerald took over the mines.
在艾米利·勃朗特的《呼啸山庄》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- This is for the sake of one who comprehends in his person my feelings to Edgar and myself.
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《复活》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- In Nekhludoff, as in all people, there were two beings; one spiritual, who sought only such happiness for himself as also benefited others; and the animal being, seeking his own happiness for the sake of which he is willing to sacrifice that of the world.
-- The idea that for the sake of moral satisfaction he would sacrifice everything and marry her this morning particularly affected him.
-- Besides, through her connections she could be of great service to him in those affairs for the sake of which he came to St. Petersburg.
在罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森的《金银岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- "It's the name of a buccaneer of my acquaintance; and I call you by it for the sake of shortness, and what I have to say to you is this; one glass of rum won't kill you, but if you take one you'll take another and another, and I stake my wig if you don't break off short, you'll die do you understand that? die, and go to your own place, like the man in the Bible.
-- I jumped out and came as near running as I durst, with a big silk handkerchief under my hat for coolness' sake and a brace of pistols ready primed for safety.
-- You'll please bear in mind it's not my life only now it's that boy's into the bargain; and you'll speak me fair, doctor, and give me a bit o' hope to go on, for the sake of mercy."
-- Both were to be carried along with us for the sake of safety; and so, with our numbers divided between them, we set forth upon the bosom of the anchorage.
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