for goodness' sake

介词短语
中文释义
英 /fə ˈɡʊdnəs seɪk/    美 /fɔɹ ˈɡʊdnəs seɪk/

英文释义

介词短语
  1. Used to express frustration, exasperation, annoyance. euphemistic,idiomatic
    — For goodness' sake, get off the computer! You've been on there for ages!
  2. Used to express surprise or amazement. euphemistic,idiomatic
    — For goodness' sake, I spelled that word correctly. I never knew I could do that.
  3. Used for emphasis euphemistic,idiomatic
    — They'll try all they can to deceive and to cheat, But for goodness sake don't say I told you.

词形变化

for goodness' sake ! canonical for goodness sake alternative,nonstandard for goodness's sake alternative

词汇关系

近义词
for God's sake for Christ's sake Jesus Christ! Christ almighty! for fuck's sake FFS for crying out loud for Pete's sake for the love of God

词源

A minced version of for God's sake.
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