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。
He doesn't particularly like the work but he sees it as a means to an end.
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。
His life as a hunter came to an abrupt end 10 years ago.
十年前他的猎人生涯突然结束了。
There is such a storm, it looks as if the world were coming to an end.
有一场大风暴，看起来就好像世界末日到了。
However, toward the end of the eighteenth century, as British oak supplies grew scarce, shipbuilders there turned to teak and found in it an ideal substitute.
然而，到18世纪末，随着英国橡木供应的稀缺，那里的造船厂转向柚木，并在其中找到了理想的替代品。
As rationing came to an end in the 1950s, technology picked up and was used to mass-produce food.
随着20世纪50年代配给制的结束，技术得到提升，并被用于大规模生产食品。
A school prom is a formal party to celebrate an important date at school, such as the end of high school or completing school exams.
学校舞会是一个正式的聚会，以庆祝学校的一个重要日子，如高中毕业或完成学校考试。
All good things must come to an end and on the last day of school, Dale showed up as a soldier and stood next to a sign saying "It's been fun waving at the bus. Have a great summer."
天下没有不散的宴席，在上学日的最后一天，戴尔装扮成一名士兵出现了，站在一个牌子旁边，牌子上写着：“向公共汽车招手很有趣，祝你夏天快乐。”
After this night shift I put an end to my career as a night guard.
这晚过后，我作为夜班警卫的职业生涯就结束了。
I have not, as Kant enjoined, regarded each man as an end in himself, but as material that might be useful to me as a writer.
正如康德劝告的那样，我从来没有把认识某人作为目的，而是将其当作对一个作家有用的创作素材。
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。
The parser sends events, such as the start or end of an element, to an event handler, which processes the information.
解析器向一个事件处理程序发送事件，比如元素的开始和结束，而事件处理程序则处理该信息。
The first was that each attempted to chart as straight as possible a path to his destination, such as an exit or the end of a corridor, while avoiding obstacles, including other pedestrians.
第一，当避开包括其他行人在内的障碍时，每个人都试图尽量以直线的的路线到达目的地，就像一个出口或一个走廊的尽头。
But now fast fashion, the cheap way to keep your wardrobe full, is coming to an end, as low cotton prices have risen thanks to disastrous harvests in Asia.
但是现在，由于亚洲棉花糟糕的收成，造成低价棉花价格上涨，从而使快速时尚——这种保持你衣橱满满的廉价方式即将结束。
As the last Ice Age came to an end, somebody picked a pebble out of a small river not far from Bethlehem.
随着最后一个冰河时代宣告结束，有人从伯利恒附近流水淙淙的小溪边，捡起了一枚鹅卵石。
The steps above are a provided as an example so you can see how end-to-end monitoring works.
上面的步骤可以作为一个示例，您可以从中看出端到端监测是如何工作的。
They argue that it matters most as a means to an end: a radical overhaul of Indonesia's land-use and forest-management systems.
他们认为重要是的以此作为手段来对印尼的土地使用和森林管理体系进行根本性的革新。
If you concentrate on the task but still do not enjoy it, that means that you probably see the task as a means to an end rather than the process.
如果你专注于它，但还是不能发现它的乐趣，那么意味着你很有可能只在意这件事的结果而不是整个过程。
As our career comes to an end, many things turn clear now. So we decide to disclose it as promised.
现在我们的运动生涯快要结束了，很多事情大家也都明白，所以我们决定给大家一个交代。
Often the proposal scope is multidimensional, wherein the customer expects both a software product recommendation as well as consulting expertise to develop an end-to-end application.
提案的范围常常包括多个方面，客户既希望获得软件产品方面的建议，又希望咨询专业人士，以开发一个端到端的应用程序。
As an end-to-end example, let's say you started a new job with a local university.
作为一个端到端的示例，假设您开始从事一项和本地一所大学有关的新工作。
Above all, the West must make plain to Mr Putin that Russia's invasion of Georgia means an end to business as usual, even if it continues to work with him on issues such as Iran.
总的来说，西方一定要让普京知道俄罗斯对格鲁吉亚的侵略意味着其不得不换一种方式与俄罗斯打交道，尽管在伊朗问题上将继续与之合作。
These feelings usually come as a large project is coming to an end.
这些感觉通常在一项大的工程将要完毕之际来临。
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。
If you're running solely as a means to an end — such as weight loss — you're going to eventually feel as if it's a chore.
如果你跑步只是单纯地作为一个达到目的的手段-比如减肥——你最终会感觉这是一件苦差事。
Their energy is waning dramatically as their purpose comes to an end.
他们的能量正在急剧的减弱，因为他们的作用即将终结。
While BPM approaches such as BPMI do provide an end-to-end view on functional units of work, they typically do not reach into the architecture and implementation domain.
虽然BPM方法(如bpmi)在功能工作单元之上提供了端到端视图，但是它们通常都没有触及体系结构和实现领域。
While BPM approaches such as BPMI do provide an end-to-end view on functional units of work, they typically do not reach into the architecture and implementation domain.
虽然BPM方法(如bpmi)在功能工作单元之上提供了端到端视图，但是它们通常都没有触及体系结构和实现领域。
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