The lying is an end in itself.

撒谎本身就是一种目的。

The Community is not an end in itself.

欧共体本身不是目的。

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。

It's an end in itself, like a black hole consuming everything it touches; instead of building connections, it breaks them.

这股力量只为自己服务，犹如黑洞将临近的物体统统吸入；不爱组织，爱瓦解组织。

Process is an end in itself.

过程本身就是目的。

But Rhodes no longer viewed this as an end in itself.

但罗德不再认为这本身就是目的。

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。

Ay, turning the means to an end in itself and being proud of it!

唉，化手段为目的， 还以此为荣！

IT is a tool for learning, not merely an end in itself.

【end】信息技术是一种学习工具，而不只是为了本身的目的。

However, as calmness wasn't an end in itself I made an excuse at the first possible moment and got to my feet.

可是，因为平静本身并不是目的，我一有机会就找了个借口，站起身来要走。

What is important is not truth, but publication, which has become almost an end in itself.

重要的不是事实， 而是发表，发表本身几乎已经成为终极目标。

Women's liberation was seen more as a means to achieve national goals rather than an end in itself.

妇女解放更多地被视为实现国家目标的手段，而不是其本身。

Why do I value playing music? Well, like most amateur musicians, I only play because, well, I just enjoy it. It's something that's an end in itself.

我为什么重视玩音乐？想所有的业余音乐家一样，我玩音乐只是因为我喜欢。最终的目的就是它本身。

Now the work was an end in itself, and you worked to accumulate as much wealth as possible, because wealth proved you were saved.

现在工作本身就是目的，你努力积累尽可能多的财富，因为财富证明你得救了。

More generally, looked at from the evolutionary point of view of the genes involved, an individual is simply a way to make further copies of those genes, rather than an end in itself.

更一般地说，从所涉及基因的进化角度来看，个体只是进一步复制这些基因的一种方式，而不是其本身的目的。