For pity's sake, help me!

For goodness sake, why didn't you ring me?...

天哪，为什么你不给我打电话？

Don't get married just for the sake of it .

不要为结婚而结婚。

Let's suppose, for the sake of argument (= in order to have a discussion) , that interest rates went up by 2%.

为了便于讨论，不妨设想利率提高了2%。

For the sake of historical accuracy, please permit us to state the true facts...

为忠于历史，请允许我们阐述真正的事实。

I believe in education for its own sake.

我相信教育本身就是有价值的。

You can do it. Please, for my sake.

这个你是能做的。求你了，就算为了我。

art for art's sake

为艺术而艺术

Let's assume for the sake of argument that we manage to build a satisfactory database...

为了便于讨论，不妨假定我们成功地建立了一个令人满意的数据库。

I hope you're right, for all our sakes (= because this is important for all of us) .

我希望你没事，这对我们大家都好。

I trust you to do a good job for Stan's sake...

我拜托你看在斯坦的份上好好干。

Do be careful, for goodness' sake.

千万要小心。

She gave up smoking for the sake of her health.

为保持身体健康，她戒了烟。

They stayed together for the sake of the children.

为了孩子，他们还待在一起。

You've got a computer system, for heaven's sake.

天啊，你已经装了计算机系统。

Oh, for heaven's sake!

哎哟，天哪！

The translation sacrifices naturalness for the sake of accuracy.

这篇译文为求准确而不惜牺牲自然流畅。

Maybe I'm just coming into my prime now...

也许我现在正要步入事业辉煌期。

My prime concern is to protect my property.

我最关心的是保护自己的财产。

Winning is not the prime objective in this sport.

获胜不是这项体育运动的主要目的。

Smoking is the prime cause of lung disease.

抽烟是引发肺部疾病的首要原因。