单词end-in-itself
网络: 本身；自为目的；目的本身
He came to see that literature should not be an end in itself but the expression of conviction and the garment of noble emotion.
他认为艺术的最终目的并非它本身，而是对社会成员的说教及对高尚情感的抒发。
Going on, as we do, obsessively trying to improve our conditions, can become an end in itself, and a pointless distraction.
像我们这样妄想改善生活，只会带来毁灭和混乱。
Think of love as a state of grace. . . not the me ans to anything. but the alpha and omega. an end in itself.
请把爱情想像成一种优美的状态…它并不是一种手段，而是世间万物，有始有终，自生自灭。
I don"t claim to have become good at these things, but practicing is now an end in itself for me, and I think I"m getting better.
不敢断言我擅长于这些，但练习从本质上对我而言是一种结束，我想，我可以做得更好。
Never think of investment capital as an end in itself, it"s simply a tool to carry you and your company forward.
永远不要把获得投资当成是结果，钱永远只是一件简单的工具，一件让你和你的公司前进的工具。
"All leaders recognize that fiscal consolidation is not an end in itself, " he said.
所有领袖都承认，财政协调本身并不是结束。
Governments may focus everything on increasing their GDP growth rate, treating it as an end in itself when it should not be.
政府会集中所有力量来提高GDP增长率，将其作为一个终极目标——而这不应该是终极目标。
They see the wedding as an end in itself when it is only the beginning.
他们把婚礼本身看作一个终点，而实际上它只是一个开始。
The Office leverages CPC designation not as an end in itself, but as an effective tool for encouraging progress on religious freedom.
国际宗教自由办公室不是把“特别关注国”当作目的，而是把它用作推动宗教自由进步的有效工具。
Krishnamurti: Do you think happiness is an end in itself? Or does it come as a secondary thing in living intelligently?
克：你觉得幸福是个最终目标吗？还是在智慧的生活中，它只是随后才发生的事情？