Thinking of time as a resource to be maximized means you approach it instrumentally, judging any given moment as well spent only in so far as it advances progress toward some goal.

把时间看作是一种需要最大化利用的资源，意味着你功利性地对待它，认为任何特定的时刻都应该充分利用起来以使其朝着某一既定目标迈进。

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But it's also instrumentally good.

它的利用价值也是好的。

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Most of the good things on that list were instrumentally good.

名单上多数好的东西都归结为好的利用价值。

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So the pain you're suffering now is actually instrumentally valuable, useful as a means, even though it's intrinsically bad.

所以你现在忍受的痛苦,是有利用价值的，作为手段是有用的，尽管痛苦本身是坏的。

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If you can't hold your job down, you can't get the money Ultimately, most of the negative things on that list were instrumentally bad.

无法工作就赚不到钱,最终名单上多数消极的东西,都归结为坏的利用价值。

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The things that are valuable as a means " we can say are instrumentally valuable.

作为手段而显得可贵的东西,可以说它们有“利用价值。

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