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end noun 3aim/purpose 目标；目的ADJECTIVE | VERB + END | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEnoble, worthwhile, worthy 高尚的／值得花精力的／有价值的目标desirable, desired 可取的／期望的目标ultimate 最终目的destructive 毁灭性目的practical, pragmatic 实际目的；实用目的common 共同目的◆Despite our differences, we were working to a common end.尽管有分歧，可我们致力于一个共同的目标。selfish 自私的目的commercial, economic, ideological, political, social, utilitarian 商业／经济／意识形态的／政治／社会／功利主义的目标VERB + ENDaccomplish, achieve, attain 实现目标；达到目的◆She was prepared to lie in order to achieve her ends.为了达到目的她不惜撒谎。further, pursue, work to 推进／追求／努力实现目标serve 为目标服务become 成为目标PREPOSITIONto... ends 为⋯目的◆The money might have been used to more worthy ends.这笔钱本可用于更有价值的方面。to this end 为这一目的◆She wished to have a house built, and to this end she hired a local architect.她希望建所房子，因此请了一个本地的建筑师。PHRASESan end in itself 本身即是目的◆For her, shopping had become an end in itself.对她来说，购物本身就是目的。a means to an end 达到目的的途径◆I don't enjoy studying computing－it's just a means to an end.我不喜欢学计算机 － 只是把它作为一个途径罢了。the end justifies the means 目的正当就可不择手段◆He defended a morality in which the end justifies the means.他为不择手段达到正当目的的道德观进行辩护。for your own ends, to your own ends 为了自己的目的◆She is exploiting the current situation for her own ends.她正利用目前局势来实现自己的目的。with this end in view (= in order to achieve this) 为达到这个目的 |