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。

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Refactoring is a means to an end.

重构是达到目标的一种方法。

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Requirements are a means to an end.

需求是一种达到目的的方式。

youdao

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.

VOA: standard.2009.08.06

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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Trading is a different sort of economic good, just a means to an end.

FORBES: Trading Frenzy

Broadband, of course, is a means to an end rather than an end in itself.

FORBES: Internet

In a way, Friend sees Rosetta, the company he co-founded, as a means to an end.

FORBES: Rosetta Inpharmatics Reads Genome As Recipe For Drugs