a means to an end

基本解释

• 达到目的的手段或方法

同根派生

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英汉例句

双语例句

• It feels like a way of life, not a means to an end.
  它更像是一种生活态度，而不仅仅是达到目的的手段。
• Never lose sight of the fact that requirements are only a means to an end.
  决不要忽略看到这个事实，即需求不只是到结束的一个手段。
• Brutality for our species is not just a means to an end. It is an end in itself.
  野蛮对我们人类来说不仅仅意味着一个结束，它本身就是一个终结。
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原声例句

• That is because 'terrorism' is but a tactic -- a means to an end, which in al-Qaida's case is global domination by an Islamic caliphate.
• In other words, you are an end and not a means to me unless in fact I'm exploiting you and instrumentalizing you. Right?
  换言之，对我来说，你不是手段，而是目的,除非我在剥削你，或把你工具化，是吧？
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• Kant says people ought to be an end and not a means for us; we ought to understand them on their terms."
  康德说人们应该使我们的终点，而不是途径;,我们应该从他们的角度来理解他们“
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权威例句

• Trading is a different sort of economic good, just a means to an end.
  FORBES: Trading Frenzy

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词组短语

短语

• Education -a Means to an End 达到目的的手段

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英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• something that you do because it will help you to achieve something else

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