a means to an end是什么意思

双语例句

(1)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。

(2)No, it was a means to an end.

不，这是一个达到目的的手段。

(3)Refactoring is a means to an end.

重构是达到目标的一种方法。

(4)This is a means to an end.

这是达到目的的一种手段。

(5)Requirements are a means to an end.

需求是一种达到目的的方式。

释义

a thing that is not valued or important in itself but is useful in achieving an aim

达到目标的途径

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。

(1)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》