a means to an end是什么意思

a means to an end是什么意思

a means to an end
用以达到目的的方法;
网络
达到目的的方法;

双语例句
1
I, for one, will steadfastly resist any attempts to justify violence as a means to an end.
拿我来说，我会坚决抵制任何证明暴力是达到目的的一种正当手段的企图。

2
Since the first stages of the nation 's participation in the EU, Britain has viewed membership as a means to an end& namely, securing the upside of the welfare-enhancing trade that comes with free access to hundreds of millions of relatively well-off consumers on the continent.
这个目标便是获取富国贸易中的有利机会，从而无偿地接触欧洲大陆上千万相对富有的消费者。