I desire to engage in exercise and I value exercise extrinsically, not for its own sake, but as a means to something beyond it.

我喜欢锻炼并看重其外在价值，并不是因为锻炼本身，而是把它作为达到一些目的的手段。

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I believe in education for its own sake.

我相信教育本身就是有价值的。

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Economic change for its own sake did not appeal to him.

经济变化本身并没有吸引他。

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The structural moment of concentration on the code for its own sake cannot be avoided, and literature necessarily breeds its own formalism.

集中在代码上的结构瞬间,因为它本身的原因不可避免，文学必要地导致了它自身的形式主义。

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Well, one natural suggestion is that pleasure is worth having for its own sake and pain is probably worth avoiding for its own sake.

一个很自然的提议是快乐,是因其自身品质而值得拥有,痛苦因其自身品质而值得避免。

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Is there a kind of good that we delight in for its own sake?

是否有一种好处是我们,因为它而感到喜乐？

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Now universities are more likely to argue that racial diversity is valuable for its own sake.

ECONOMIST: Black America

The Bird and The Bee feels like pop music made for its own sake.

NPR: The Bird and the Bee, Getting Buzz

It's not just about innovation for its own sake it's to get to a better dish.

WSJ: Mexico's Culinary Genius | Soapbox