He was a past master at manipulating the media for his own ends.

操纵媒体为自己服务他是老手。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

Can't you see he's just using you for his own ends ?

你难道看不出他在利用你谋求私利吗？

《牛津词典》

She is exploiting the current situation for her own ends.

她在利用目前的形势来达到自己的目的。

《牛津词典》

Those completing study programs at foreign medical schools may be required to return to their own country for at least two years after their training ends.

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Virtue means for him a kind of manly self-assertion, audacity, ruthlessness, a reliance on one's own arms and calculated use of cruelty to achieve one's ends.

美德对他而言,是一种具男子气概的自作主张，胆大，冷酷，自助，且还会算计使用残忍手段,来达致目标。

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Well,easy to imagine the fan of this view coming back yet again and saying, Although it's true that our hero takes the place of the other man on the guillotine, what ends up happening,of course,is that our hero dies his own death.

很容易想象这种观点的支持者会反驳说，虽然的确我们的主角是代替了别人上断头台，但结果还是他独自经历死亡。

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Likewise it calls on Japan to not "exploit" the crisis for its own ends.

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"Alex Maskey made it into a political football for his own ends, " he said.

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Each accused the other of using the war against Mr Kabila for his own ends.

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