And I am able to vary the voltage on the plates making this for argument's sake negative and this for argument's sake positive.

我可以改变两个板子上的电压,为了论证，这个是负电,这个是正电。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

I think also what we're trying to build was not just this for America's sake, but I do think that we have the potential of offering an example, of how to do this well.

我还认为我们正在努力建造的,不只是为了美国，我真的认为我们有潜力,做好这件事，树立榜样。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

Let's assume, for sake of argument, the thing I'm looking for is bigger than this. In that case, I'm going to throw away all of this, I'm going to hit that bottom line of that code.

让我们假定不是，假定要找的元素,比这个大，在这样的情况下，这些都擦掉，我要运行到代码的最后一行。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

And for the sake of this class, we're going to consider most gases to be ideal gases. Questions?

有问题吗？好，现在，这一方程建立了,三个状态函数之间的联系：

麻省理工公开课 - 热力学与动力学课程节选

At this point, we say something like, pleasure is worth having for its own sake.

这时我们会说，因为快乐是好的所以值得拥有。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Is this value what I'm looking for? Again, for sake of argument, let's assume it's not.

这是我们要找的值么？,再一次，为了方便起见。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选