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。

He doesn't particularly like the work but he sees it as a means to an end.

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不，这是一个达到目的的手段。

No, it was a means to an end.

youdao

它更像是一种生活态度，而不仅仅是达到目的的手段。

It feels like a way of life, not a means to an end.

youdao

So I can similarly do this, which is going to look strange because it's going to give me the same value back out, but it actually did a slightly different thing.

我也可以通过类似的手段来达到这个目的，这看起来很奇怪,但是会返回相同的值，但是它的实现真的有点不同。

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