In that sense it is an end to itself.
在某种意义上，它本身就是最终的目的。
Even VCs who come from technical backgrounds, perhaps as CTOs or VPs of Engineering, don't really set about trying to efficiently allocate dollars towards research as an end to itself.
VC中有很多搞技术出身的，比如做过工程类企业技术总监、副总裁什么的。即使这些人也不会把有效分配研发资金作为最终目的。
When I ask people what makes them happy at work, they rarely talk about the work itself - many tend to see it as a means to an end, rather than as something to enjoy.
当我问他们是什么使他们工作时感到快乐，他们很少谈论工作本身—很多人是为了工作而工作，而不是享受工作。
Technologies do exist to manufacture propylene as an end in itself, rather than as a by-product.
科技确实可以将丙烯自身当作最终产物而不是作为一种副产品来制造。
All good things must come to an end, and that includes our Universe itself.
一切美好的事物都一定会走到尽头，其中包括我们的宇宙本身。
When I take that attitude, the writing itself is just a necessary means to an end.
当我抱持那种态度时，写作本身不过是达到目的的一种途径。
This will require many to adopt a new mindset, viewing open source more as a means than an end in itself.
这会要求许多厂家拥有新的心态去面对开源--一种方式而不是目的本身！
The cycle can repeat itself in pulses—astronomers call this case a “pulsational” pair-instability supernova—until the star loses enough mass to end its life in an ordinary supernova.
这个过程可能周而复始，周期性地重复--天文学家称之为"脉动"对不稳定性超新星--直至恒星失去足够的物质，在普通超新星的形态中走到生命的尽头。
In this scenario, ill-written software itself intended to patch the Y2K glitch might go overboard and read an intentional 9999 end-of-file value as a date and convert it into an explicit 1999 date.
在这种情形之下，打算自己修补有这种Y2K差错的本就写得不好的软件可能会走极端，而且故意地把文件尾的值9999读作日期，并将其明确转变为1999年的一天。
A new technology may provide a solution to a specific problem, but it should never be an end in itself, and it must besuitable to the client’s business.
新技术也许能为特定问题提供一个解决方案，但千万不能到此为止，同时必须适合客户的业务。
India needs rapid growth. But by itself that is not sufficient to end poverty, warns Rajiv Kumar, the director of ICRIER, an economic research institute.
ICRIER这所经济研究机构的主任RajivKumar如是提醒道，印度需要快速增长，但这并不足以终结贫穷。
Suddenly, information is not an end in itself, but an interface that allows a user to control an application space far too complex for a traditional software application.
突然，信息本身并不是目的，而是一个接口，允许用户控制应用程序的空间太大了，传统的软件应用程序复杂。
Acquiring knowledge is not an end in itself, but only a means to an end. Knowledge without purpose is useless.
学习本身没有终点，而是通往目标的一种手段。无目的的学习是没有用的。
While winning is not an end in itself, we believe that the efforts by our intercollegiate teams to be their best will lead them to succeed.
本质上，获胜不是最终目的，我们相信，我们的校际运动队，他们对成为最优的努力，将引领他们走向成功。
In the long-lasting market competition without an end, only the enterprises with permanent innovation and the ability to challenge, surmount and renew itself, can keep ahead in the market forever.
在市场竞争这场没有终点的拉力赛中，一个企业只有不断变革，不断挑战自我、超越自我、重铸自我，才会始终保持领先。
But grammar is only a means to an end, not an end in itself.
但是语法本身不是我们的目的。对我们的目的来说它只是手段。
On one level, you will be learning to program, a useful skill by itself. On another level, you will use programming as a means to an end.
一方面，你将学习编写程序，一种本身十分有用的技能，而另一方面，在某种意义上，你将使用编程这项技能达到一个结果。
On one level, you will be learning to program, a useful skill by itself. On another level, you will use programming as a means to an end.
一方面，你将学习编写程序，一种本身十分有用的技能，而另一方面，在某种意义上，你将使用编程这项技能达到一个结果。
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