Market mechanisms are simply means, not ends in themselves.

市场机制是只是手段，本身不是目的。

youdao

Now everything just begins, not ends.

更何况，万事刚开始，而不是行将结束。

youdao

From decision-making to deal-making to communications to product introduction, speed, more often than not, ends up being the competitive differentiator.

无论是决策制定、交易达成，还是相互沟通和产品引进，速度通常是最终的竞争决定因素。

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Unlike kilims, these "pile" carpets are not flat, they are deep and soft because their surfaces are covered with the ends of thousands of pieces of yarn.

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I think that it's fair to say that everyone agrees on that, and that's not nothing but that's pretty much where the agreement ends.

大家都非常赞同这些明喻并不是无关紧要的，反而很大程度上终结了所有的争论。

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He is not simply a teacher of political pragmatism, of how to adjust means to fit the ends.

他不只是一位,政治实用主义教师，仅懂得如何调整方式来获致结果。

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Actually, no, we can't go home, because, as McCurry said later in the show, the common definition is where the debate begins, not ends.

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