They weren't a person. They were a means to an end.

“我并不把他们当人。它们只是我达到目的的一种手段。

But the bill is only a means to an end.

但这项法案只是达到目的的一种手段。

But for Basquiat, it was just a means to an end.

但对巴斯奎特来说，这只是达到目的的一种手段。

Directed focus is a means to an end and not an end in itself.

定向专注是实现目标的手段，而非目标本身。

'Cause money really is a means to an end.

因为金钱确实是达到目的的手段。

It's all just a means to an end, Raven.

这只是达到目的的手段，Raven。

Essentially, a minimum wage isn’t a means to an end.

最低工资并不是达到目的的手段。

It was a means to an end.

事情总算可以了结了。

The Unsullied are a means to an end.

无垢者只是复国的手段。

This was not merely a means to an end, but an end in itself.

这不仅是达到目的的手段，而且本身就是目的。

A word is no more than a means to an end.

一句话不过是达到目的的手段。

This mushroom dinner is just a means to an end.

‎对于乔丹这种人来说 ‎拥有一个零售帝国还不够。

For Geoff, the job was simply a means to an end.

【means】对杰夫来说，那份工作仅仅是达到目的的手段而已。

What if murder is just a means to an end?

如果谋杀只是达到目的的手段呢？

Spencer, I'm asking you to just look at this as a... means to an end, okay?

斯宾塞 我只是请你把这场比赛当做一种手段而已 可以吗？

I think that our creativity is becoming more and more of a means to an end -- and that end is to get attention.

我认为我们的创造力越来越成为达到目的一种手段——这个目的就是引起人们的注意。

In this " disposable soma" approach, the individual is a means to an end abandoned when it is no longer fit for purpose.

在这种“一次性躯体”方法中，个体是达到目的的一种手段，当它不再适合目的时就被抛弃。

If everything you do on a day-to-day basis is just a means to an end, then your life is just a means to an end.

如果你每天所做的一切只是达到目的的手段，那么你的生活也只是达到目的的手段。

They might ride an occasional broomstick, like Bulgakov's Margarita, but that would just be a means to an end, say to attend an important social event hosted by the Devil.

他们可能偶尔会骑一把扫帚，比如布尔加科夫的玛格丽塔酒，但这只是达到目的的一种手段，比如参加魔鬼举办的重要社交活动。

" One day I'll make it." Is your goal taking up so much of your attention that you reduce the present moment to a means to an end?

“总有一天我会成功的。”你的目标是否占据了你太多的注意力，以至于你将当下的时刻减少为达到目的的手段？