a thing that is not valued or important in itself but is useful in achieving an aim
达到目标的途径
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higher education was seen primarily as a means to an end .高等教育主要被看做实现理想的途径。
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达到目标的途径
He doesn't particularly like the work but he sees it as a means to an end.
他不怎么喜欢这项工作,只是把它看作达到目的的手段而已。
No, it was a means to an end.
不,这是一个达到目的的手段。
Refactoring is a means to an end.
重构是达到目标的一种方法。
This is a means to an end.
这是达到目的的一种手段。
Requirements are a means to an end.
需求是一种达到目的的方式。
a thing that is not valued or important in itself but is useful in achieving an aim
达到目标的途径
高等教育主要被看做实现理想的途径。
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You have been used, thief in the shadows. You were only ever a means to an end.
你被利用了,躲躲藏藏的小偷,你只是他们手里的工具。
《The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug》《霍比特人2:史矛革之战》