for God's/heaven's/goodness'/pity('s) sake (用在要求或請求的前或后，作插入語;表示感嘆或惱怒)看在上帝的份上，求求你：For God's(goodness')～，stop talking such nonsense/don't make that noise!/what do you want me to do? 看在上帝的份上，別胡說八道了!/別再弄出那種噪音了!/你究竟要我干什么?
for the sake of (doing) sth/for sb's sake/sth's sake 因?yàn)椤?，為了……：It is just art for art's～. 那是為了藝術(shù)而藝術(shù)。Sometimes the children just shout for the～of shouting (shouting's～). 有時(shí)孩子們只因?yàn)橄矚g喊叫而喊叫。For argument's～，let's assume that the earth is round. 為了討論，讓我們設(shè)想地球是圓的。For your health's～，you'd better give up smoking. 為了你的健康，你最好戒煙。For the～of comfort，she was wearing a pair of slippers. 為了舒服，她穿了一雙拖鞋。
for sb's (own) sake/the sake of sb 為了(某人的利益)：If you won't stop smoking for your own～，do it for the～of your families. 如果你們不為自己，也要為家人著想，別抽煙了。